Setuptools v82.0.0 breaking compatibility with frappe v15

[maheini]

Issue: The recent released setuptools v82.0.0 doesn't contain pkg_resources any longer, which dropbox (frappe v15 dependency) depends on. Due to this, bench new-site will always fail due to the missing dependency.

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To Reproduce 📃
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Setup new docker bench development container
2. Initialize frappe bench (python 3.11, frappe branch version-15)
3. setup config
4. run bench new-site sitename
5. It will start fine, but fails after ~ 85% with this error:

ImportError: Module import failed for Dropbox Settings, the DocType you're trying to open might be deleted.
Error: No module named 'pkg_resources' 

Expected behavior 📈
Bench new-site should complete without issues (working fine with v16)

OS (please complete the following information): 🌀

• Latest docker bench image (v5.29.0)
• Bench Branch: develop
• Frappe Version: 15

Workaround:
Run uv pip install --reinstall setuptools==81.0.0 before creating a new site.

Possible Solution 📑
Lock setuptools version to 81.0.0 for now and/or manually add pkg_resources as an additional ressource.

[sdfateh]

frappe/frappe#36905

[nliechti]

I think we should just downgrade the package to 81 as it is the recommended way described in pypa/setuptools@530d114

pkg_resources has been removed from Setuptools. Most common uses of pkg_resources have been superseded by the importlib.resources <https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.resources.html>_ and importlib.metadata <https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.metadata.html>_ projects. Projects and environments relying on pkg_resources for namespace packages or other behavior should depend on older versions of setuptools.

[marcramser]

There is now a fix on the branch version-15-hotfix (not yet merged into version-15):

frappe/frappe@6272505

However, the linked Bench PR (#1699
is critical. Without it, every Frappe v15 user is forced to upgrade Frappe and ERPNext, which is not feasible for many.

[github-actions]

🎉 This issue has been resolved in version 5.29.1 🎉

The release is available on:

• GitHub release
• v5.29.1

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