Unknown distribution option: 'tests_require'

[Plumezz]

• ROS Version: Humble

• OS Version: Ubuntu22.04

• Python Version: 3.10.12

• setuptools Version: 75.2.0

Hello, when I build this project from source some warnings occurred.

Hers is the output of the command colcon build:

--- stderr: generate_parameter_library_py                   
/home/qiguanxiao/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py:261: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'tests_require'
  warnings.warn(msg)
---
Finished <<< generate_parameter_library_py [1.28s]

--- stderr: generate_parameter_module_example                                                                                                                                                 
/home/qiguanxiao/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py:261: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'tests_require'
  warnings.warn(msg)
---
Finished <<< generate_parameter_module_example [2.57s]

These warnings show the tests_require option is expired. But the python and setuptools are default package with the ubuntu22.04.

And then I use colcon test to test this project, there were also some warnings.
Here is the output about the command colcon test:

/home/qiguanxiao/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py:261: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'tests_require'
  warnings.warn(msg)
--- stderr: generate_parameter_library_py                                                         

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 0 tests in 0.000s

OK
---
Finished <<< generate_parameter_library_py [0.30s]

/home/qiguanxiao/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py:261: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'tests_require'
  warnings.warn(msg)
--- stderr: generate_parameter_module_example                                                                           

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 0 tests in 0.000s

OK
---
Finished <<< generate_parameter_module_example [0.37s]

It seems like that there were no python testing programs to run in generate_parameter_library_py and generate_parameter_module_example and no result file pytest.xml was generated in build directory.

Then I tried to modify the setup.py file in packages and replaced the option tests_require with extras_require.

Finally these packages can be built and test correctly.

Here is the modified contents in setpu.py file:

   tests_require=['pytest'],  # remove
   extras_require={
        'test': ['pytest'],
   },   # add

Now the python and setuptools version are updated very quickly, could you tell me if it is necessary to modify it to adapt to the current environment.

Thanks!