Set the minimum setuptools to 45.2.0 (#80649)

Also update the package-data sanity test to use the minimum setuptools version.

changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-minimum-setuptools.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - The minimum required ``setuptools`` version is now 45.2.0, as it is the oldest version to support Python 3.10.

hacking/update-sanity-requirements.py

@@ -45,7 +45,19 @@ class SanityTest:
             subprocess.run(pip + ['install', 'wheel'], env=env, check=True)  # make bdist_wheel available during pip install
             subprocess.run(pip + ['install', '-r', self.source_path], env=env, check=True)
 
-            pip_freeze = subprocess.run(pip + ['freeze'], env=env, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
+            keep_setuptools = any(line.startswith('setuptools ') for line in self.source_path.read_text().splitlines())
+
+            exclude_packages = ['pip', 'distribute', 'wheel']
+
+            if not keep_setuptools:
+                exclude_packages.append('setuptools')
+
+            freeze_options = ['--all']
+
+            for exclude_package in exclude_packages:
+                freeze_options.extend(('--exclude', exclude_package))
+
+            pip_freeze = subprocess.run(pip + ['freeze'] + freeze_options, env=env, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
 
         requirements = f'# edit "{self.source_path.name}" and generate with: {SELF} --test {self.name}\n{pip_freeze.stdout}'
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 39.2.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 45.2.0"]
 backend-path = ["packaging"]  # requires 'Pip>=20' or 'pep517>=0.6.0'
 build-backend = "pep517_backend.hooks"  # wraps `setuptools.build_meta`

setup.cfg

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Minimum target setuptools 39.2.0
+# Minimum target setuptools 45.2.0
 
 [metadata]
 name = ansible-core

test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.py

@@ -188,9 +188,10 @@ def create_sdist(tmp_dir):
     )
 
     stderr = create.stderr
+    stdout = create.stdout
 
     if create.returncode != 0:
-        raise Exception('make snapshot failed:\n%s' % stderr)
+        raise Exception('make snapshot failed:\n%s' % stderr + '\n' + stdout)
 
     # Determine path to sdist
     tmp_dir_files = os.listdir(tmp_dir)

test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.requirements.in

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ pyyaml  # ansible-core requirement
 resolvelib < 1.1.0
 rstcheck < 6  # match version used in other sanity tests
 antsibull-changelog
+setuptools == 45.2.0  # minimum supported setuptools

test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.requirements.txt

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ PyYAML==6.0
 resolvelib==1.0.1
 rstcheck==5.0.0
 semantic-version==2.10.0
+setuptools==45.2.0
 tomli==2.0.1
 types-docutils==0.18.3
 typing_extensions==4.5.0