When trying to backport OSPRH-10799 related work, I noticed the downstream CI is broken for networking baremetal.
 
[notice] A new release of pip is available: 24.2 -> 24.3.1
[notice] To update, run: pip install --upgrade pip
py39 finish: getenv /home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39 after 2.95 seconds
py39 start: developpkg /home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal
py39 develop-inst: /home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal
write config to /home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/.tox-config1 as '48b93d0a4e748b9e1f389cb291db34fd7535ff52778249dc16ae7711215fcc66 /opt/tox/bin/python3\n3.28.0 1 1 0\n00000000000000000000000000000000 -chttps://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/2023.1\n00000000000000000000000000000000 -r/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/requirements.txt\n00000000000000000000000000000000 -r/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/test-requirements.txt'
setting PATH=/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[1367] /home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal$ /home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/bin/python -m pip install --exists-action w -e .
Obtaining file:///home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal
Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'error'
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [94 lines of output]
/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/installer.py:34: DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html
import pkg_resources # Delay import to avoid unnecessary side-effects
/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/_init_.py:3154: DeprecationWarning: Deprecated call to `pkg_resources.declare_namespace('paste')`.
Implementing implicit namespace packages (as specified in PEP 420) is preferred to `pkg_resources.declare_namespace`. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/references/keywords.html#keyword-namespace-packages
declare_namespace(pkg)
/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/_init_.py:3154: DeprecationWarning: Deprecated call to `pkg_resources.declare_namespace('repoze')`.
Implementing implicit namespace packages (as specified in PEP 420) is preferred to `pkg_resources.declare_namespace`. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/references/keywords.html#keyword-namespace-packages
declare_namespace(pkg)
/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/_init_.py:94: _DeprecatedInstaller: setuptools.installer and fetch_build_eggs are deprecated.
!!

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Requirements should be satisfied by a PEP 517 installer.
If you are using pip, you can try `pip install --use-pep517`.
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!!
dist.fetch_build_eggs(dist.setup_requires)
[pbr] Generating ChangeLog
/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/command/develop.py:41: EasyInstallDeprecationWarning: easy_install command is deprecated.
!!

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Please avoid running ``setup.py`` and ``easy_install``.
Instead, use pypa/build, pypa/installer or other
standards-based tools.

See https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/917 for details.
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!!
easy_install.initialize_options(self)
/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py:66: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated.
!!

********************************************************************************
Please avoid running ``setup.py`` directly.
Instead, use pypa/build, pypa/installer or other
standards-based tools.

See https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2021/10/setup-py-deprecated.html for details.
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self.initialize_options()
running egg_info
creating /tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-4bmc0jq6/networking_baremetal.egg-info
writing /tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-4bmc0jq6/networking_baremetal.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to /tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-4bmc0jq6/networking_baremetal.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing entry points to /tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-4bmc0jq6/networking_baremetal.egg-info/entry_points.txt
writing top-level names to /tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-4bmc0jq6/networking_baremetal.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing pbr to /tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-4bmc0jq6/networking_baremetal.egg-info/pbr.json
[pbr] Processing SOURCES.txt
writing manifest file '/tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-4bmc0jq6/networking_baremetal.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
[pbr] In git context, generating filelist from git
warning: no previously-included files matching '*.pyc' found anywhere in distribution
reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.gitignore'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.gitreview'
warning: no previously-included files matching '*.pyc' found anywhere in distribution
adding license file 'LICENSE'
adding license file 'AUTHORS'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>
File "/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/setup.py", line 18, in <module>
setuptools.setup(
File "/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/_init_.py", line 117, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
 
File "/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 183, in setup
return run_commands(dist)
File "/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 199, in run_commands
dist.run_commands()
File "/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 954, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 950, in run_command
super().run_command(command)
File "/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 973, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 311, in run
self.find_sources()
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pbr/packaging.py", line 579, in find_sources
mm.run()
File "/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 545, in run
self.prune_file_list()
File "/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/command/sdist.py", line 161, in prune_file_list
super().prune_file_list()
File "/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/command/sdist.py", line 380, in prune_file_list
base_dir = self.distribution.get_fullname()
File "/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/_core_metadata.py", line 267, in get_fullname
return _distribution_fullname(self.get_name(), self.get_version())
File "/home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal/.tox/py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/_core_metadata.py", line 285, in _distribution_fullname
canonicalize_version(version, strip_trailing_zero=False),
TypeError: canonicalize_version() got an unexpected keyword argument 'strip_trailing_zero'
[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

[notice] A new release of pip is available: 24.2 -> 24.3.1
[notice] To update, run: pip install --upgrade pip
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.
ERROR: invocation failed (exit code 1)
py39 finish: developpkg /home/zuul/src/code.engineering.redhat.com/python-networking-baremetal after 1.50 seconds
 
Job logs: https://sf.apps.int.gpc.ocp-hub.prod.psi.redhat.com/zuul/t/rhos-ci/build/24f43d1504b4491dbc663c4b7966d6a9