Removed the unnecessary setuptools package dependency for Python package.
The setuptools package was added to allow definition of namespaces using
the now outdated (and discouraged from use) pkg_resources-style.
The code here, for a long while now, uses a try/except (`ImportError`)
protection around the setuptools code, and falls back to the more
encoraged pkgutil-style.
Removing this library won't affect any current workflow, and in the case
of setuptools not found, it'll actually use a more modern (and
encouraged) flow.
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 39eb18d..d003c96 100755
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
os.environ['PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION'] = 'cpp'
# Keep this list of dependencies in sync with tox.ini.
- install_requires = ['six>=1.9', 'setuptools']
+ install_requires = ['six>=1.9']
if sys.version_info <= (2,7):
install_requires.append('ordereddict')
install_requires.append('unittest2')
