[BUG]

[guitarmeetsscience]

setuptools version

setuptools >57

Python version

python 3.9, 3.10 probably others

OS

Linux, Win

Additional environment information

No response

Description

I mean....seriously...
error in googleads setup command: use_2to3 is invalid.
For anybody doing anything besides maybe coming up with LaTex equations this is a dealbreaker. setuptools - you know you're better than that. Bring back 2to3 already. Sheesh

Expected behavior

it to work

How to Reproduce

just try installing anything that wants the super-dumb googleads package

Output

<fart> error in googleads setup command: use_2to3 is invalid. <fart> <fart> <pffffft>

[abravalheri]

To implement such a feature, setuptools depends on the standard library, but Python itself has deprecated the functionality (https://bugs.python.org/issue40360)- #2086.

The removal of the feature in setuptools went through a deprecation cycle (#2096), with deprecation warnings being issued so the developers could take action before the removal (#2731).

I suggest contacting the package in question and informing them they should migrate the code base to Python 3 and removing use_2to3.

Alternatively, you can try to find a setuptools plugin that backfills the functionality or create one yourself.