Replace deprecated pkg_resources with importlib.metadata in docs/conf.py#254
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Replace deprecated pkg_resources with importlib.metadata in docs/conf.py#254
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[WIP] Fix Read the Docs failures due to missing pkg_resources
Replace deprecated pkg_resources with importlib.metadata in docs/conf.py
Mar 15, 2026
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docs/conf.pyline 2 becausepkg_resourcesis no longer available in the build environment.pkg_resources.get_distributionwithimportlib.metadata.version(stdlib since Python 3.8; project requires ≥3.9)__version__ = "unknown"in the except block — the originalpassleft__version__undefined, causing aNameErroron lines 26-27📱 Kick off Copilot coding agent tasks wherever you are with GitHub Mobile, available on iOS and Android.