support entry_points passed as a string

[graingert]

example setup.py:

#!/usr/bin/env python

from __future__ import annotations

import os

from setuptools import find_packages, setup

setup(
    name="distributed",
    version="0.0.0",
    description="Distributed scheduler for Dask",
    url="https://distributed.dask.org",
    project_urls={
        "Source": "https://github.com/dask/distributed",
    },
    maintainer="Matthew Rocklin",
    maintainer_email="mrocklin@gmail.com",
    python_requires=">=3.8",
    license="BSD",
    package_data={
        "": ["templates/index.html", "template.html"],
        "distributed": ["http/templates/*.html", "py.typed"],
    },
    include_package_data=True,
    install_requires=[],
    packages=find_packages(exclude=["*tests*"]),
    classifiers=[
        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
        "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
        "Programming Language :: Python",
        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
        "Topic :: System :: Distributed Computing",
    ],
    entry_points="""
        [console_scripts]
        dask-ssh=distributed.cli.dask_ssh:main
        dask-scheduler=distributed.cli.dask_scheduler:main
        dask-worker=distributed.cli.dask_worker:main
        [dask_cli]
        scheduler=distributed.cli.dask_scheduler:main
        worker=distributed.cli.dask_worker:main
        ssh=distributed.cli.dask_ssh:main
        spec=distributed.cli.dask_spec:main
      """,
    # https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installed_packages.html
    zip_safe=False,
)

results in:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/graingert/.local/pipx/.cache/f9e756ed0e98ae6/bin/setup-py-upgrade", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/home/graingert/.local/pipx/.cache/f9e756ed0e98ae6/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setup_py_upgrade.py", line 182, in main
    sections = {k: _reformat(v) for k, v in visitor.sections.items() if v}
  File "/home/graingert/.local/pipx/.cache/f9e756ed0e98ae6/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setup_py_upgrade.py", line 182, in <dictcomp>
    sections = {k: _reformat(v) for k, v in visitor.sections.items() if v}
  File "/home/graingert/.local/pipx/.cache/f9e756ed0e98ae6/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setup_py_upgrade.py", line 148, in _reformat
    for key, value in section.items():
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'items'

[asottile]

this is undocumented in setuptools -- I'd rather stick to the convention that's documented