getting warning (or error) about `pkg_resources` package being deprecated as an API by setuptools

[idcrook]

trimmed some system local details. in python 3.13 on trixie raspberry pi.

.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/niet/__init__.py:8: UserWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html. The pkg_resources package is slated for removal as early as 2025-11-30. Refrain from using this package or pin to Setuptools<81.
  import pkg_resources

version : (3.2.0) - .venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/niet-3.2.0.dist-info/

before installing latest setuptools, was receiving Error

$ niet
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/pi/projects/kubernetes-secret-lair/.venv/bin/niet", line 5, in <module>
    from niet.__main__ import main
  File "/home/pi/projects/kubernetes-secret-lair/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/niet/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    import pkg_resources
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

so installed latest setuptools (version 80.9.0) in venv

pip install --upgrade setuptools
Looking in indexes: https://pypi.org/simple, https://www.piwheels.org/simple
Collecting setuptools
  Downloading https://www.piwheels.org/simple/setuptools/setuptools-80.9.0-py3-none-any.whl (1.2 MB)
     ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 1.2/1.2 MB 4.2 MB/s eta 0:00:00
Installing collected packages: setuptools
Successfully installed setuptools-80.9.0

[4383]

Thanks for the heads-up.
Indeed, I think niet need some packaging updates.
Few months ago I created a "new" version of niet, which I think is more powerful and faster than niet, I'd suggest to migrate to this new CLI rather than continuing using niet:

https://crates.io/crates/decode

I don't know when I'll have the time to work on the packing update. If you prefer continuing using niet, then, feel free to propose a PR.

[sergeevabc]

https://crates.io/crates/decode

Oh, Rust. Compiling this for Windows 7 would be a real descent into hell.

[4383]

@sergeevabc I think you need to consider upgrading to a more modern OS