[ARROW-16806] [CI][Python] Verify source script fails on Ubuntu 18.04 due to old setuptools version

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 9.0.0
• Component/s: Continuous Integration, Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/32137
• Assignee: Raúl Cumplido
• Reporter: Raúl Cumplido
• Created: 10/Jun/22 09:54
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:46
• Resolved: 15/Jun/22 14:29

Description

Currently the verify-rc-source-python-linux-ubuntu-18.04-amd64 job is failing (https://github.com/ursacomputing/crossbow/runs/6814290999?check_suite_focus=true) due to:

  File "setup.py", line 37, in <module>
    from setuptools import setup, Extension, Distribution, find_namespace_packages
ImportError: cannot import name 'find_namespace_packages' from 'setuptools' (/tmp/arrow-HEAD.kvwV0/venv-source/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py) 

This change was introduced on this PR https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/13309 to fix https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-16726.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #13361