jaraco / jaraco/zipp

Request: Add a workaround for a specific set of circular dependencies

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Description

Hi,

There seems to be a bootstrapping issue for [setuptools-scm on Python < 3.10](https://github.com/pypa/setuptools-scm/issues/1131) if you're doing builds from source.

From [my experimentation](https://github.com/pypa/setuptools-scm/issues/1131#issuecomment-2840272432), it seems that if we limit `zipp` to build with `setuptools-scm < 8.3.0` on Python 3.8 and 3.9, we can break the cyclical dependencies for all projects.

I'm happy to make the PRs to do this.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing zipp’s source-build configuration and the linked setuptools-scm issue, focusing on Python 3.8 and 3.9. Confirm how the setuptools-scm version constraint is currently declared, then verify that source builds no longer encounter the reported circular dependency on those Python versions.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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