pip install -u setuptools install incompatible version

[robinchatterjee]

upgrading setuptools using pip install setuptools from pyp results in an unusable setup system error is unknown distribution option 'entry_points' using python 2.7

[chrysn]

Same on Python 3.6. The bundled setuptools version is ancient (1.1, released 2013), and packages like cryptography require setuptools 18.5 or later (current is 39).

Please consider updating the shipped setuptools version.