Replace deprecated pkg_resources with importlib.metadata#8
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pkg_resources was removed from setuptools' default install in recent versions and is unavailable on Python 3.12+ in many environments, causing 'ModuleNotFoundError: No module named pkg_resources' on import. importlib.metadata is part of the standard library since Python 3.8 and is the recommended replacement.
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baseconvert/__init__.pyimportspkg_resourcesto read the package version.pkg_resourcesis part of the legacysetuptoolsdistribution and is no longer installed by default in many modern Python environments (notably Python 3.12+ on several distros and virtualenvs), so simply doingimport baseconvertfails with:This PR switches to
importlib.metadata.version, which has been part of the standard library since Python 3.8 and is the officially recommended replacement (pkg_resourcesis deprecated upstream).Test plan
python -c "import baseconvert; print(baseconvert.__version__)"works on Python 3.14 withoutsetuptoolsinstalled