From: Branch Vincent (PR #178, twtxt repository)
Date: Apr 21, 2024
Subject: replace pkg_resources for python 3.12

* Python 3.12 has removed bundled setuptools (aka pkg_resources):
  https://docs.python.org/3.12/whatsnew/3.12.html#removed

--- a/twtxt/helper.py	2026-06-12 23:37:01.869106540 -0300
+++ b/twtxt/helper.py	2026-06-12 23:40:04.335252026 -0300
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import textwrap
 
 import click
-import pkg_resources
 
 from twtxt.mentions import format_mentions
 from twtxt.parser import parse_iso8601
@@ -164,11 +163,7 @@
 
 
 def generate_user_agent():
-    try:
-        version = pkg_resources.require("twtxt")[0].version
-    except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-        version = "unknown"
-
+    from twtxt import __version__ as version
     conf = click.get_current_context().obj["conf"]
     if conf.disclose_identity and conf.nick and conf.twturl:
         user_agent = "twtxt/{version} (+{url}; @{nick})".format(