AttributeError: module 'importlib._bootstrap' has no attribute 'SourceFileLoader'

[shackra]

When adding you module and trying to deploy to Heroku with Python 3.6.4 I get the following error:

remote:        Collecting distribute (from scrapy-heroku==0.7.1->-r /tmp/build_a2015ad4e03aa9d149d2f49b9c840b65/requirements.txt (line 3))
remote:          Downloading distribute-0.7.3.zip (145kB)
remote:            Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
remote:            Traceback (most recent call last):
remote:              File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
remote:              File "/tmp/pip-build-0ymcqp4k/distribute/setuptools/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
remote:                from setuptools.extension import Extension, Library
remote:              File "/tmp/pip-build-0ymcqp4k/distribute/setuptools/extension.py", line 5, in <module>
remote:                from setuptools.dist import _get_unpatched
remote:              File "/tmp/pip-build-0ymcqp4k/distribute/setuptools/dist.py", line 7, in <module>
remote:                from setuptools.command.install import install
remote:              File "/tmp/pip-build-0ymcqp4k/distribute/setuptools/command/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
remote:                from setuptools.command import install_scripts
remote:              File "/tmp/pip-build-0ymcqp4k/distribute/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py", line 3, in <module>
remote:                from pkg_resources import Distribution, PathMetadata, ensure_directory
remote:              File "/tmp/pip-build-0ymcqp4k/distribute/pkg_resources.py", line 1518, in <module>
remote:                register_loader_type(importlib_bootstrap.SourceFileLoader, DefaultProvider)
remote:            AttributeError: module 'importlib._bootstrap' has no attribute 'SourceFileLoader'
remote:            
remote:            ----------------------------------------
remote:        Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-0ymcqp4k/distribute/
remote:  !     Push rejected, failed to compile Python app.
remote: 
remote:  !     Push failed
remote: Verifying deploy...
remote: 
remote: !       Push rejected to polar-bastion-49521.

Any reason to relay on distribute?

[jdguzmans]

is this fixed?
I am encountering this error

Setup.py config

    entry_points={'scrapy': ['settings = lpricing.settings']},
    python_requires='>3.6.7',
    install_requires=__requirements

requirements.txt

Scrapy==1.7.3
scrapyd==1.0.1
scrapy-heroku==0.7.1
scrapy-magicfields==1.1.0
scrapy-splash==0.7.2
selenium==3.141.0
pyvirtualdisplay==0.2.4
xvfbwrapper==0.2.9
boto3
boto
scrapy-s3pipeline
python-dotenv

error log

-----> Python app detected
 !     Python has released a security update! Please consider upgrading to python-3.6.9
       Learn More: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/python-runtimes
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
-----> Uninstalling stale dependencies
       Uninstalling scrapydweb-1.4.0:
         Successfully uninstalled scrapydweb-1.4.0
-----> Installing requirements with pip
       Collecting scrapyd==1.0.1 (from -r /tmp/build_00295a6bdc22e2d45bad0c62cc689436/requirements.txt (line 2))
         Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3a/35/bac83ece6c6849061896771a905800ac855a351aae604ad232a71a4cc8fd/scrapyd-1.0.1.tar.gz
       Collecting scrapy-heroku==0.7.1 (from -r /tmp/build_00295a6bdc22e2d45bad0c62cc689436/requirements.txt (line 3))
         Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3b/19/876c22d5971aa48b86f7f25ee8abd6326d48f7abf7bf20f1fb799ece95e1/scrapy-heroku-0.7.1.tar.gz
       Collecting distribute (from scrapy-heroku==0.7.1->-r /tmp/build_00295a6bdc22e2d45bad0c62cc689436/requirements.txt (line 3))
         Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5f/ad/1fde06877a8d7d5c9b60eff7de2d452f639916ae1d48f0b8f97bf97e570a/distribute-0.7.3.zip (145kB)
           Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
           Traceback (most recent call last):
             File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
             File "/tmp/pip-build-sem4qp6f/distribute/setuptools/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
               from setuptools.extension import Extension, Library
             File "/tmp/pip-build-sem4qp6f/distribute/setuptools/extension.py", line 5, in <module>
               from setuptools.dist import _get_unpatched
             File "/tmp/pip-build-sem4qp6f/distribute/setuptools/dist.py", line 7, in <module>
               from setuptools.command.install import install
             File "/tmp/pip-build-sem4qp6f/distribute/setuptools/command/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
               from setuptools.command import install_scripts
             File "/tmp/pip-build-sem4qp6f/distribute/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py", line 3, in <module>
               from pkg_resources import Distribution, PathMetadata, ensure_directory
             File "/tmp/pip-build-sem4qp6f/distribute/pkg_resources.py", line 1518, in <module>
               register_loader_type(importlib_bootstrap.SourceFileLoader, DefaultProvider)
           AttributeError: module 'importlib._bootstrap' has no attribute 'SourceFileLoader'
           
           ----------------------------------------
       Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-sem4qp6f/distribute/
 !     Push rejected, failed to compile Python app.
 !     Push failed

[secretshardul]

same error in python 3.7.5

pip install scrapy-heroku
Collecting scrapy-heroku
  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3b/19/876c22d5971aa48b86f7f25ee8abd6326d48f7abf7bf20f1fb799ece95e1/scrapy-heroku-0.7.1.tar.gz
Collecting distribute (from scrapy-heroku)
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5f/ad/1fde06877a8d7d5c9b60eff7de2d452f639916ae1d48f0b8f97bf97e570a/distribute-0.7.3.zip
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "/tmp/pip-install-4ys75cp4/distribute/setuptools/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
        from setuptools.extension import Extension, Library
      File "/tmp/pip-install-4ys75cp4/distribute/setuptools/extension.py", line 5, in <module>
        from setuptools.dist import _get_unpatched
      File "/tmp/pip-install-4ys75cp4/distribute/setuptools/dist.py", line 7, in <module>
        from setuptools.command.install import install
      File "/tmp/pip-install-4ys75cp4/distribute/setuptools/command/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
        from setuptools.command import install_scripts
      File "/tmp/pip-install-4ys75cp4/distribute/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py", line 3, in <module>
        from pkg_resources import Distribution, PathMetadata, ensure_directory
      File "/tmp/pip-install-4ys75cp4/distribute/pkg_resources.py", line 1518, in <module>
        register_loader_type(importlib_bootstrap.SourceFileLoader, DefaultProvider)
    AttributeError: module 'importlib._bootstrap' has no attribute 'SourceFileLoader'
    
    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-install-4ys75cp4/distribute/