Entry points can not be loaded if there is a package version conflict anywhere in the environment

[cpaulik]

If any package dependency is not met the entry point fails to load. Even if this does not impact the functioning of the CLI at all

Could this be replaced by a warning?

E.g.

 Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/conda/envs/vds-37/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click_plugins/core.py", line 37, in decorator
    group.add_command(entry_point.load())
  File "/opt/conda/envs/vds-37/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2442, in load
    self.require(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/conda/envs/vds-37/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2465, in require
    items = working_set.resolve(reqs, env, installer, extras=self.extras)
  File "/opt/conda/envs/vds-37/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 791, in resolve
    raise VersionConflict(dist, req).with_context(dependent_req)
pkg_resources.ContextualVersionConflict: (docutils 0.16 (/opt/conda/envs/vds-37/lib/python3.7/site-packages), Requirement.parse('docutils<0.16,>=0.10'), {'botocore'})

[AndrewHoos]

Related: https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/1826

Possible fixes would be using:

• importlib-metadata : include:https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
• entrypoints: https://github.com/takluyver/entrypoints

[geowurster]

@AndrewHoos This is helpful information – thanks.

I'll try and spend some time on this in the near future. I did make an attempt several months ago but hit some potential issues and murkiness in my understanding of how entrypoints work. I do think this is worth addressing if possible.

[AndrewHoos]

If all you are doing is listing and loading entry points:

# Replace this
from pkg_resources import iter_entry_points
# with This
from entrypoints import get_group_all

The entry points have a .name and .load() which was enough for me. Bonus points it ran in about 40% of the pkg_resources API.

[teije01]

So far, the solution that @AndrewHoos proposed with entrypoints works great. Are you open to update the documentation with this solution?

[amrishparmar]

Is there any news on progress on this issue (or associated PR https://github.com/click-contrib/click-plugins/pull/32)?

We've recently updated to Celery 5.2.3 (which uses this click-plugins package) and are running into this problem (although in our case it's a clash with setuptools since Celery decided to tightly pin it)

Warning: entry point could not be loaded. Contact its author for help.
2022-01-10T11:33:01.647435486Z 
2022-01-10T11:33:01.647436986Z
2022-01-10T11:33:01.647438630Z Traceback (most recent call last):
2022-01-10T11:33:01.647440188Z   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click_plugins/core.py", line 37, in decorator
2022-01-10T11:33:01.647456725Z     group.add_command(entry_point.load())
2022-01-10T11:33:01.647458198Z   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2449, in load
2022-01-10T11:33:01.647459768Z     self.require(*args, **kwargs)
2022-01-10T11:33:01.647461372Z   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2472, in require
2022-01-10T11:33:01.647462998Z     items = working_set.resolve(reqs, env, installer, extras=self.extras)
2022-01-10T11:33:01.647464519Z   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 777, in resolve
2022-01-10T11:33:01.647473224Z     raise VersionConflict(dist, req).with_context(dependent_req)
2022-01-10T11:33:01.647474930Z pkg_resources.ContextualVersionConflict: (setuptools 57.5.0 (/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages), Requirement.parse('setuptools<59.7.0,>=59.1.1'), {'celery'})

[valentinsulzer]

For anyone still reading this thread and using the solution posted by @andrewhoos, since entrypoints is now in maintenance-only mode it is better to replace from entrypoints import get_group_all with from importlib_metadata import entry_points and then replace get_group_all("foo") with entry_points(group="foo")

[teije01]

Thanks for the suggestion @tinosulzer, seems to work fine.