Sklearn pip installation broke because of issues with setuptools

[victorosorioparis]

Describe the bug

Apparently because of this other issue pypa/setuptools#3693

Installation of sklearn breaks with pip install right now.

File "/tmp/pip-build-env-mmiaw08q/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/numpy/distutils/log.py", line 4, in <module>
           from distutils.log import Log as old_Log
       ImportError: cannot import name 'Log' from 'distutils.log' (/tmp/pip-build-env-mmiaw08q/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/log.py)

I've read some other teams sticking to setuptools 65.5.1 for the moment, scikit learn seems to be aiming at 60+

Steps/Code to Reproduce

pip install scikit_learn

Expected Results

No error should be thrown

Actual Results

File "/tmp/pip-build-env-mmiaw08q/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/numpy/distutils/log.py", line 4, in <module>
           from distutils.log import Log as old_Log
       ImportError: cannot import name 'Log' from 'distutils.log' (/tmp/pip-build-env-mmiaw08q/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/log.py)

Versions

all versions depending on setuptools 60+

[eli-schwartz]

Since #24563 this shouldn't be an issue anymore as numpy.distutils isn't used.

[victorosorioparis]

Yep, sorry guys, this works if I update the sklearn version to one that includes #24563 - the problem is probably only affecting previous versions but I guess that's fair.