Old version of setuptools?

[ariscn]

https://github.com/pantsbuild/pex/blob/master/pex/version.py pins setuptools <20. Are there any known issues with more recent versions?

[jsirois]

No known, issues, but no research either. If you don't mind consulting the CHANGELOGs, testing and sending a PR noting all this, that would be wonderful.

[jsirois]

In preparation for the 1.1.5 release I thought about widening the pin range, but the CHANGELOG is large and will take some careful vetting alnog with the switch to v-prefixed versions: https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/history.html

[ariscn]

I've been using the latest setuptools with pex for a few days without issue so far.

[jsirois]

@ariscn - If you're available to review #244 I'd be grateful.

[jsirois]

Fix is in master @ ab2b511

[ariscn]

Nice! Will upgrade to master now and report back if anything breaks.

[epu]

@ariscn Did anything break? Could there be a new release, or is more testing needed?

[ariscn]

There have been several Pex releases since I opened this issue. :-)

[epu]

Ah, ok. I'm having the same issue with a module requesting latest setuptools (22.0.0). I guess I can roll my own and see how it goes.

Is there a 'pex' way to avoid this, when building a venv out? Is it to exclude pex itself from the venv?