[BUG] Regression: Vendored jaraco.text cannot be loaded when using Bazel

[janhicken]

setuptools version

setuptools>=71.0.0

Python version

Python 3.10

OS

Arch Linux

Additional environment information

No response

Description

After setuptools' dependencies have been re-vendored, the issue #3072 surfaced again.

The file Lorem ipsum.txt from jaraco.text is loaded again here, which used to be removed in this fix.

This is a problem when using setuptools with Bazel, because it does not support paths with spaces.

Expected behavior

See #3072.

How to Reproduce

See #3072.

Output

See #3072.

[abravalheri]

Hi @janhicken have you tried to discuss this problem with the bazel maintainers? As noted in #3072 this is not really a bug in the setuptools code base but rather in bazel and/or rules Python.

I did open an issue a while ago in rules_python giving a heads up that the patch introduced in #3077 was not bullet proof and that the problem could re-surface. The issue was closed in favour bazelbuild/bazel#4327.

I do believe that the best place to solve this problem is in bazel, and it is not really a bug in the setuptools implementation.

/cc @jaraco

[janhicken]

I agree with you, maybe #3077 should not have been implemented in the first place, because upgrading to setuptools>=71.0.0 now feels like a regression.

Also, my issue is probably a duplicate of #4487 where this was already discussed in more detail. @jaraco already mentioned is intention to not fix the issue here.

As Bazel 7.0 introduced experimental support for dealing with spaces in paths (--experimental_inprocess_symlink_creation), this missing piece seems to be https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python not supporting that.

I'm going to open an issue there and close this one.