- add flake8 changes to .meta.toml and update templates

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -162,12 +162,12 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.python-version == '3.13'
         run: |
           pip install -U pip
-          pip install -U setuptools wheel twine
+          pip install -U "setuptools<69" wheel twine
       - name: Install Build Dependencies
         if: matrix.python-version != '3.13'
         run: |
           pip install -U pip
-          pip install -U setuptools wheel twine
+          pip install -U "setuptools<69" wheel twine
 
       - name: Build zope.interface (macOS x86_64, Python 3.8+)
         if: >

.meta.toml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # https://github.com/zopefoundation/meta/tree/master/config/c-code
 [meta]
 template = "c-code"
-commit-id = "ae0a9480"
+commit-id = "7ec24731"
 
 [python]
 with-appveyor = true
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ coverage-additional = [
     "parallel_show_output = true",
     ]
 
+[flake8]
+additional-config = [
+    "ignore =",
+    "    # module level import not at top of file:  we are avoiding cycles",
+    "    E402,",
+    "    # import not used:  we are publishing APIs, at least from __init__.py",
+    "    F401,",
+    "    # line break after binary operator",
+    "    W504",
+    ]
+
 [coverage]
 fail-under = 99
 

tox.ini

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ envlist =
 usedevelop = true
 pip_pre = py313: true
 deps =
+    setuptools < 69
     py37: urllib3 < 2
     Sphinx
 setenv =