pkg_resources error in django-widget-tweaks after upgrading to Python 3.12 on my distro (Fedora 39)

[AmoahDevLabs]

This issue is with Python 3.12 and I suggest it should be fixed in no time because some projects using django-widget-tweaks are broken after system upgrade (Fedora 39). I guess all other distros that switched to Python 3.12 are having this issue as well.

Error:

venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/widget_tweaks/init.py", line 1, in
from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

Where pkg_resources is called:
"venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/widget_tweaks/init.py"

from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound

try:
version = get_distribution("django-widget-tweaks").version
except DistributionNotFound:
# package is not installed
version = None

[joshuadavidthomas]

Looks like in 3.12 pkg_resources is not installed by default:

easy_install, pkg_resources, setuptools and distutils are no longer provided by default in environments created with venv or bootstrapped with ensurepip, since they are part of the setuptools package. For projects relying on these at runtime, the setuptools project should be declared as a dependency and installed separately (typically, using pip).

Looks like this was fixed in #135 and released in 1.5.0. What version of django-widget-tweaks are you using?

[AmoahDevLabs]

Alright I am currently using django-widget-tweaks==1.5.0