Installation of 3.2.4 fails because of incorrect usage of setuptools (error: metadata-generation-failed)

[striveforbest]

Python version 3.8.15 Pipenv version 2022.12.19 (pip version 22.3.1) Setuptools version 65.6.3

Traceback:

$ pipenv install --clear --keep-outdated --selective-upgrade django-measurement -vvv
Loading .env environment variables...
Installing django-measurement...
Writing supplied requirement line to temporary file: 'django-measurement'
Installing 'django-measurement'
$ /Users/alex.zagoro/venv/noya-4UEHQ2KQ/bin/python /usr/local/Cellar/pipenv/2022.12.19/libexec/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pipenv/patched/pip/__pip-runner__.py install --no-input --verbose --upgrade --upgrade-strategy=only-if-needed --exists-action=w -r /var/folders/01/c2gzvfh566b07_yvphkhv7fw0000gn/T/pipenv-np4m7i5o-requirements/pipenv-y7em9u0m-requirement.txt -i https://pypi.org/simple
Using source directory: '/Users/alex.zagoro/venv/noya-4UEHQ2KQ/src'
⠴ Installing package: django-measurement[31m[1mError: [0m An error occurred while installing [32mdjango-measurement[0m!
Error text: Using pip 22.3.1 from
/usr/local/Cellar/pipenv/2022.12.19/libexec/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pipenv/patched/pip (python
3.8)
Collecting django-measurement
  Using cached django_measurement-3.2.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl (7.2 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: django-appconf>=1.0.2 in
/Users/alex.zagoro/venv/noya-4UEHQ2KQ/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from django-measurement->-r
/var/folders/01/c2gzvfh566b07_yvphkhv7fw0000gn/T/pipenv-np4m7i5o-requirements/pipenv-y7em9u0m-require
ment.txt (line 1)) (1.0.4)
Requirement already satisfied: django>=2.2 in
/Users/alex.zagoro/venv/noya-4UEHQ2KQ/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from django-measurement->-r
/var/folders/01/c2gzvfh566b07_yvphkhv7fw0000gn/T/pipenv-np4m7i5o-requirements/pipenv-y7em9u0m-require
ment.txt (line 1)) (3.2.8)
Collecting measurement<4.0,>=1.6
  Using cached measurement-3.2.0.tar.gz (12 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'error'

[36m  Running command python setup.py egg_info
  /Users/alex.zagoro/venv/noya-4UEHQ2KQ/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/config/setupcfg.py:508
: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: The license_file parameter is deprecated, use license_files instead.
    warnings.warn(msg, warning_class)
  /Users/alex.zagoro/venv/noya-4UEHQ2KQ/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/installer.py:27:
SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setuptools.installer is deprecated. Requirements should be satisfied by
a PEP 517 installer.
    warnings.warn(
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
    File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>
    File
"/private/var/folders/01/c2gzvfh566b07_yvphkhv7fw0000gn/T/pip-install-0ik4ruc1/measurement_ceca7db089
394f61b736dfea8cfd7884/setup.py", line 4, in <module>
      setup(use_scm_version=True)
    File "/Users/alex.zagoro/venv/noya-4UEHQ2KQ/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py",
line 86, in setup
      _install_setup_requires(attrs)
    File "/Users/alex.zagoro/venv/noya-4UEHQ2KQ/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py",
line 80, in _install_setup_requires
      dist.fetch_build_eggs(dist.setup_requires)
    File "/Users/alex.zagoro/venv/noya-4UEHQ2KQ/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line
874, in fetch_build_eggs
      resolved_dists = pkg_resources.working_set.resolve(
    File
"/Users/alex.zagoro/venv/noya-4UEHQ2KQ/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line
800, in resolve
      raise VersionConflict(dist, req).with_context(dependent_req)
  pkg_resources.ContextualVersionConflict: (sphinxcontrib.applehelp 1.0.3
(/private/var/folders/01/c2gzvfh566b07_yvphkhv7fw0000gn/T/pip-install-0ik4ruc1/measurement_ceca7db089
394f61b736dfea8cfd7884/.eggs/sphinxcontrib.applehelp-1.0.3-py3.8.egg),
Requirement.parse('sphinxcontrib-applehelp'), {'sphinx'})
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> See above for output.

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  full command: /Users/alex.zagoro/venv/noya-4UEHQ2KQ/bin/python -c '
  exec(compile('"'"''"'"''"'"'
  # This is <pip-setuptools-caller> -- a caller that pip uses to run setup.py
  #
  # - It imports setuptools before invoking setup.py, to enable projects that directly
  #   import from `distutils.core` to work with newer packaging standards.
  # - It provides a clear error message when setuptools is not installed.
  # - It sets `sys.argv[0]` to the underlying `setup.py`, when invoking `setup.py` so
  #   setuptools doesn'"'"'t think the script is `-c`. This avoids the following warning:
  #     manifest_maker: standard file '"'"'-c'"'"' not found".
  # - It generates a shim setup.py, for handling setup.cfg-only projects.
  import os, sys, tokenize

  try:
      import setuptools
  except ImportError as error:
      print(
          "ERROR: Can not execute `setup.py` since setuptools is not available in "
          "the build environment.",
          file=sys.stderr,
      )
      sys.exit(1)

  __file__ = %r
  sys.argv[0] = __file__

  if os.path.exists(__file__):
      filename = __file__
      with tokenize.open(__file__) as f:
          setup_py_code = f.read()
  else:
      filename = "<auto-generated setuptools caller>"
      setup_py_code = "from setuptools import setup; setup()"

  exec(compile(setup_py_code, filename, "exec"))
  '"'"''"'"''"'"' %
('"'"'/private/var/folders/01/c2gzvfh566b07_yvphkhv7fw0000gn/T/pip-install-0ik4ruc1/measurement_ceca7
db089394f61b736dfea8cfd7884/setup.py'"'"',), "<pip-setuptools-caller>", "exec"))' egg_info --egg-base
/private/var/folders/01/c2gzvfh566b07_yvphkhv7fw0000gn/T/pip-pip-egg-info-yrq15d5v
  cwd:
/private/var/folders/01/c2gzvfh566b07_yvphkhv7fw0000gn/T/pip-install-0ik4ruc1/measurement_ceca7db0893
94f61b736dfea8cfd7884/
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.
[0m
[36mUsing pip 22.3.1 from
/usr/local/Cellar/pipenv/2022.12.19/libexec/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pipenv/patched/pip (python
3.8)
Collecting django-measurement
  Using cached django_measurement-3.2.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl (7.2 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: django-appconf>=1.0.2 in
/Users/alex.zagoro/venv/noya-4UEHQ2KQ/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from django-measurement->-r
/var/folders/01/c2gzvfh566b07_yvphkhv7fw0000gn/T/pipenv-np4m7i5o-requirements/pipenv-y7em9u0m-require
ment.txt (line 1)) (1.0.4)
Requirement already satisfied: django>=2.2 in
/Users/alex.zagoro/venv/noya-4UEHQ2KQ/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from django-measurement->-r
/var/folders/01/c2gzvfh566b07_yvphkhv7fw0000gn/T/pipenv-np4m7i5o-requirements/pipenv-y7em9u0m-require
ment.txt (line 1)) (3.2.8)
Collecting measurement<4.0,>=1.6
  Using cached measurement-3.2.0.tar.gz (12 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'error'
[0m
This is likely caused by a bug in [32mdjango-measurement[0m. Report this to its maintainers.
✘ Installation Failed

[striveforbest]

The fix for python-measurement was submitted and also backported to python-measurement==3.2.2 however I recommend getting django-measurement updated to work with the latest python-measurement

https://github.com/coddingtonbear/python-measurement/pull/76