Remove setuptools version pin

buildscripts/condarecipe.local/meta.yaml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ requirements:
   host:
     - python
     - numpy
-    - setuptools <60
+    - setuptools
     - importlib_metadata       # [py<39]
     # On channel https://anaconda.org/numba/
     - llvmlite >=0.40.0dev0,<0.40
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ requirements:
     - python >=3.7
     # NumPy 1.22.0, 1.22.1, 1.22.2 are all broken for ufuncs, see #7756
     - numpy >=1.18, !=1.22.0, !=1.22.1, !=1.22.2
-    - setuptools <60
+    - setuptools
     - importlib_metadata       # [py<39]
     # On channel https://anaconda.org/numba/
     - llvmlite >=0.40.0dev0,<0.40
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ test:
     - cffi
     - scipy
     - ipython                  # [not aarch64]
-    - setuptools <60
+    - setuptools
     - tbb  >=2021              # [not (aarch64 or ppc64le)]
     - llvm-openmp              # [osx]
     # This is for driving gdb tests

buildscripts/gpuci/build.sh

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ gpuci_mamba_retry create -n numba_ci -y \
                   "psutil" \
                   "gcc_linux-64=7" \
                   "gxx_linux-64=7" \
-                  "setuptools<60"
+                  "setuptools"
 
 conda activate numba_ci
 

buildscripts/incremental/setup_conda_environment.cmd

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ call deactivate
 @rem Display root environment (for debugging)
 conda list
 @rem Scipy, CFFI, jinja2 and IPython are optional dependencies, but exercised in the test suite
-conda create -n %CONDA_ENV% -q -y python=%PYTHON% numpy=%NUMPY% cffi pip jinja2 ipython gitpython pyyaml "setuptools<60"
+conda create -n %CONDA_ENV% -q -y python=%PYTHON% numpy=%NUMPY% cffi pip jinja2 ipython gitpython pyyaml
 
 call activate %CONDA_ENV%
 @rem Scipy comes from conda-forge for NumPy 1.23

buildscripts/incremental/setup_conda_environment.sh

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ conda list
 # Create a base env first and then add to it...
 # NOTE: gitpython is needed for CI testing to do the test slicing
 # NOTE: pyyaml is used to ensure that the Azure CI config is valid
-conda create -n $CONDA_ENV -q -y ${EXTRA_CHANNELS} python=$PYTHON numpy=$NUMPY pip gitpython pyyaml "setuptools<60"
+conda create -n $CONDA_ENV -q -y ${EXTRA_CHANNELS} python=$PYTHON numpy=$NUMPY pip gitpython pyyaml
 
 # Activate first
 set +v

docs/environment.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies:
   - llvmlite=0.40
   - numpy
   - numpydoc
-  - setuptools<60
+  - setuptools
   # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67542699/readthedocs-sphinx-not-rendering-bullet-list-from-rst-fileA
   - docutils==0.16
   # The following is needed to fix RTD.

docs/source/user/installing.rst

@@ -174,14 +174,14 @@ vary with target operating system and hardware. The following lists them all
 
 * Required build time:
 
-  * ``setuptools<60``
+  * ``setuptools``
   * ``numpy``
   * ``llvmlite``
   * Compiler toolchain mentioned above
 
 * Required run time:
 
-  * ``setuptools<60``
+  * ``setuptools``
   * ``numpy``
   * ``llvmlite``
 

setup.py

@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ def check_file_at_path(path2file):
 install_requires = [
     'llvmlite >={},<{}'.format(min_llvmlite_version, max_llvmlite_version),
     'numpy >={}'.format(min_numpy_run_version),
-    'setuptools <60',
+    'setuptools',
     'importlib_metadata; python_version < "3.9"',
 ]