Re: [PATCH v8 11/20] tests/lcitool: add python3 wheel and setuptools deps for qemu

[Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>]

On 18/02/2026 22.34, John Snow wrote:
> Installing local dependencies while offline, without PyPI access,
> requires the python3-setuptools and python3-wheel packages. Most
> distributions have these available anyway for one reason or another, but
> not all of them.
> 
> If you are asking yourself "Wait, aren't these packages guaranteed via
> installation of pip, via the ensurepip module, which mkvenv takes
> immense pains to provide for us?" - Well... since Python 3.13, "pip"
> does not actually come with "setuptools" or "wheel" anymore, and so if
> we want to build and install a python package, we actually need these
> available in the host environment.
> 
> (Note that you don't need these packages just to install a pre-built
> package, you only need them to *build* a package. With cutting edge
> setuptools and pip, all locally installed packages, even in editable
> mode, must be "built" first before being installed. Thus, these
> dependencies are being added specifically to facilitate installing
> qemu.git/python/qemu to the configure-time venv.)
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>