pin setuptools to resolve its pkg_resources dependency still required by pyramid

CHANGES.rst

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Changes:
 
 Fixes:
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-- No change.
+- Pin ``setuptools<82`` to resolve its ``pkg_resources`` dependency still required by ``pyramid```
+  (relates to `Pylons/pyramid#3731 <https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/issues/3731>`_
+  and `pypa/setuptools#5007 <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/pull/5007>`_).
 
 .. _changes_6.8.1:
 

requirements.txt

@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ pygeofilter[fes,backend-native]>=0.3.1
 # - https://github.com/celery/kombu/pull/1536
 # - https://github.com/celery/celery/pull/7834
 pymongo>=4.6.3  # either (pymongo>=4, kombu>=5.3.0b2) or (pymongo<4, celery<5.2)
+# FIXME: setuptools/pkg_resources deprecated dependency
+#   (https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/issues/3731, https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/pull/5007)
+# below setuptools pin is placed here purposely instead of 'requirements-sys.txt' in order to keep it
+# aligned with its upstream 'pyramid' dependency expecting 'pkg_resources' that has official been removed
+setuptools<82
 pyramid>=1.7.3
 pyramid_beaker>=0.8
 # see https://github.com/sontek/pyramid_celery/pull/102 to fix Python 3.12 support and other improvements