it seems to me that moving from the procedural setup.py to the declarative setup.cfg is a nice compromise between modernization and compatibility with legacy systems
pkg_resources are dead, we should not use them, the suggested construct has as The Single Source of Truth™ version in git_deps/__init__.py, and it should work anywhere with setuptools >= 46.4.0, which is reasonably ancient
setup.pyto the declarativesetup.cfgis a nice compromise between modernization and compatibility with legacy systemspkg_resourcesare dead, we should not use them, the suggested construct has as The Single Source of Truth™ version ingit_deps/__init__.py, and it should work anywhere withsetuptools>= 46.4.0, which is reasonably ancientsixshould really never be mentioned any more