Remove setuptools & wheel from seed packages (#1602)

crates/uv/src/commands/venv.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::fmt::Write;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::vec;
 
 use anstream::eprint;
 use anyhow::Result;
@@ -160,12 +161,15 @@ async fn venv_impl(
         .with_options(OptionsBuilder::new().exclude_newer(exclude_newer).build());
 
         // Resolve the seed packages.
+        let mut requirements = vec![Requirement::from_str("pip").unwrap()];
+
+        // Only include `setuptools` and `wheel` on Python <3.12
+        if interpreter.python_tuple() < (3, 12) {
+            requirements.push(Requirement::from_str("setuptools").unwrap());
+            requirements.push(Requirement::from_str("wheel").unwrap());
+        }
         let resolution = build_dispatch
-            .resolve(&[
-                Requirement::from_str("wheel").unwrap(),
-                Requirement::from_str("pip").unwrap(),
-                Requirement::from_str("setuptools").unwrap(),
-            ])
+            .resolve(&requirements)
             .await
             .map_err(VenvError::Seed)?;
 

crates/uv/tests/venv.rs

@@ -159,6 +159,50 @@ fn seed() -> Result<()> {
     exit_code: 0
     ----- stdout -----
 
+    ----- stderr -----
+    Using Python [VERSION] interpreter at [PATH]
+    Creating virtualenv at: /home/ferris/project/.venv
+     + pip==23.3.1
+    "###
+    );
+
+    venv.assert(predicates::path::is_dir());
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn seed_older_python_version() -> Result<()> {
+    let temp_dir = assert_fs::TempDir::new()?;
+    let cache_dir = assert_fs::TempDir::new()?;
+    let bin = create_bin_with_executables(&temp_dir, &["3.10"]).expect("Failed to create bin dir");
+    let venv = temp_dir.child(".venv");
+
+    let filter_venv = regex::escape(&venv.normalized_display().to_string());
+    let filters = &[
+        (
+            r"Using Python 3\.\d+\.\d+ interpreter at .+",
+            "Using Python [VERSION] interpreter at [PATH]",
+        ),
+        (&filter_venv, "/home/ferris/project/.venv"),
+    ];
+    uv_snapshot!(filters, Command::new(get_bin())
+        .arg("venv")
+        .arg(venv.as_os_str())
+        .arg("--seed")
+        .arg("--python")
+        .arg("3.10")
+        .arg("--cache-dir")
+        .arg(cache_dir.path())
+        .arg("--exclude-newer")
+        .arg(EXCLUDE_NEWER)
+        .env("UV_NO_WRAP", "1")
+        .env("UV_TEST_PYTHON_PATH", bin)
+        .current_dir(&temp_dir), @r###"
+    success: true
+    exit_code: 0
+    ----- stdout -----
+
     ----- stderr -----
     Using Python [VERSION] interpreter at [PATH]
     Creating virtualenv at: /home/ferris/project/.venv