Summary

Remove pkg_resources usage from reviewbot worker.

Review Request #14890 — Created March 9, 2026 and updated March 9, 2026, 10:49 p.m.

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david

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ReviewBot

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release-4.x

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reviewbot

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Description

setuptools version 81 has removed the pkg_resources package, breaking

all sorts of things. This change updates the reviewbot worker to use the

importlib_metadata backport package instead.

Testing Done

Ran unit tests (which include entrypoint tests).

Commits

Summary	ID
Remove pkg_resources usage from reviewbot worker. `setuptools` version 81 has removed the `pkg_resources` package, breaking all sorts of things. This change updates the reviewbot worker to use the `importlib_metadata` backport package instead. Testing Done: Ran unit tests (which include entrypoint tests).	wqvsyymzvmswzrpuwwmsopysurwtokzr

Issues

Description	From	Last Updated
Can you put this in alphabetical order?	chipx86	March 9, 2026, 9:17 p.m.

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Commits:

	Summary	ID
	Remove pkg_resources usage from reviewbot worker. `setuptools` version 81 has removed the `pkg_resources` package, breaking all sorts of things. This change updates the reviewbot worker to use the `importlib_metadata` backport package instead. Testing Done: Ran unit tests (which include entrypoint tests).	wqvsyymzvmswzrpuwwmsopysurwtokzr
	Remove pkg_resources usage from reviewbot worker. `setuptools` version 81 has removed the `pkg_resources` package, breaking all sorts of things. This change updates the reviewbot worker to use the `importlib_metadata` backport package instead. Testing Done: Ran unit tests (which include entrypoint tests).	wqvsyymzvmswzrpuwwmsopysurwtokzr

Diff:

Revision 2 (+6 -4)

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	bot/setup.py
	bot/reviewbot/tools/base/registry.py

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flake8 passed.

JSHint passed.

Change Summary:

Update the old rbtools dependency I noticed while I was in here, too.

Commits:

	Summary	ID
	Remove pkg_resources usage from reviewbot worker. `setuptools` version 81 has removed the `pkg_resources` package, breaking all sorts of things. This change updates the reviewbot worker to use the `importlib_metadata` backport package instead. Testing Done: Ran unit tests (which include entrypoint tests).	wqvsyymzvmswzrpuwwmsopysurwtokzr
	Remove pkg_resources usage from reviewbot worker. `setuptools` version 81 has removed the `pkg_resources` package, breaking all sorts of things. This change updates the reviewbot worker to use the `importlib_metadata` backport package instead. Testing Done: Ran unit tests (which include entrypoint tests).	wqvsyymzvmswzrpuwwmsopysurwtokzr

Diff:

Revision 3 (+8 -6)

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	bot/setup.py
	bot/reviewbot/tools/base/registry.py

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flake8 passed.

JSHint passed.

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bot/setup.py (Diff revision 1)