[IMPALA-9718] Remove pkg_resources.py from Impala/shell

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 4.0.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 4.2.0
• Component/s: Clients
• Epic Color: ghx-label-3
• Assignee: Michael Smith
• Reporter: David Knupp
• Created: 02/May/20 02:53
• Updated: 08/Feb/23 17:25
• Resolved: 23/Jun/22 23:54

Description

pkg_resources is available in the stdlib. There should be no need to bundle it with the shell.

Our copy of pkg_resources.py doesn't work with Python 3.

Issue Links

• is related to: IMPALA-9735 Shell tests on Centos 7 failing in get_python_version_for_shell_env
• is related to: IMPALA-11892 impala-shell tarball with Python 2 now requires setuptools