we tend to add changelog link to the changelog, could you please do that?

change looks good (dead simple, actually), so let's also wait for the CI

Ah, I could have looked better and added it right away. Amended.

This fails to build with:

=================================== FAILURES ===================================
___________________________ TestDepends.testRequire ____________________________
self = <setuptools.tests.test_setuptools.TestDepends object at 0x7fff9e651d90>
    @needs_bytecode
    def testRequire(self):
        req = Require('Json', '1.0.3', 'json')

        assert req.name == 'Json'
        assert req.module == 'json'
        assert req.requested_version == '1.0.3'
        assert req.attribute == '__version__'
        assert req.full_name() == 'Json-1.0.3'

        from json import __version__
        assert req.get_version() == __version__
        assert req.version_ok('1.0.9')
        assert not req.version_ok('0.9.1')
        assert not req.version_ok('unknown')

        assert req.is_present()
        assert req.is_current()

        req = Require('Json 3000', '03000', 'json', format=LooseVersion)
        assert req.is_present()
        assert not req.is_current()
        assert not req.version_ok('unknown')

        req = Require('Do-what-I-mean', '1.0', 'd-w-i-m')
        assert not req.is_present()
        assert not req.is_current()

        req = Require('Tests', None, 'tests', homepage="http://example.com")
        assert req.format is None
        assert req.attribute is None
        assert req.requested_version is None
        assert req.full_name() == 'Tests'
        assert req.homepage == 'http://example.com'

        from setuptools.tests import __path__
        paths = [os.path.dirname(p) for p in __path__]
>       assert req.is_present(paths)
E       AssertionError: assert False
E        +  where False = <bound method Require.is_present of <setuptools.depends.Require object at 0x7fff9e6c9610>>(['/builddir/build/BUILD/setuptools-41.6.0/setuptools'])
E        +    where <bound method Require.is_present of <setuptools.depends.Require object at 0x7fff9e6c9610>> = <setuptools.depends.Require object at 0x7fff9e6c9610>.is_present
setuptools/tests/test_setuptools.py:120: AssertionError

I've verified that the tests fail even when no Fedora downstream patches are applied: https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=38805059

And the issue has already been reported upstream: https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/1896

I've looked at the test itself and tried to debug it. I wasn't successful, but I believe I've at least confirmed that it's not a problem with the paths, and thus likely not something Fedora-related. More in my comment upstream.

Now I'm contemplating whether to wait or to update to the previous version 41.5.1, which works.

I'd skip it with a link to the issue.

To clarify: by "it" I mean the failing test, not this setuptools version.

Test disabled.

The test passed:

https://jenkins-continuous-infra.apps.ci.centos.org/view/Fedora%20All%20Packages%20Pipeline/job/fedora-rawhide-pr-pipeline/2260/artifact/package-tests/logs/

We opened issue#80 to track why Fedora-CI flag didn't get the updated result.

Thanks, @bgoncalv

I'll merge this tomorrow unless there's some new reviews.

Ship it!