The install_requires argument in setup.py lists setuptools as dependency. However, only runtime dependencies should be included there.
However, having setuptools as dependency can be a problem, because installing this package then also installs setuptools and the packages setuptools depends on, although they are not required. This situation (installing more packages than required) increases the chance of version conflicts.
I therefore suggest to remove this dependency altogether.
The
install_requiresargument insetup.pylistssetuptoolsas dependency. However, only runtime dependencies should be included there.However, having
setuptoolsas dependency can be a problem, because installing this package then also installssetuptoolsand the packagessetuptoolsdepends on, although they are not required. This situation (installing more packages than required) increases the chance of version conflicts.I therefore suggest to remove this dependency altogether.