build: Upgrade to `ora2==6.17.2` which removes loremipsum base dep by kdmccormick · Pull Request #37991 · openedx/openedx-platform

kdmccormick · 2026-02-09T19:22:30Z

Description

We hope this will fix an error caused by the fact that loremipsum is using pkg_resources, which setuptools dropped support for as of v82 (released yesterday).

Supporting information

Issue report from community member: https://discuss.openedx.org/t/course-catalog-is-empty/18379/7?u=kmccormick

tutor images build openedx
Building image docker.io/overhangio/openedx:21.0.0-indigo
docker buildx build --tag=docker.io/overhangio/openedx:21.0.0-indigo --output=type=docker --cache-from=type=registry,ref=docker.io/overhangio/openedx:21.0.0-indigo-cache /home/tutor/.local/share/tutor/env/build/openedx
[+] Building 6.5s (27/66)                                                                                                                                                               docker-container:max3cpu
 => [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile                                                                                                                                                        0.0s
 => => transferring dockerfile: 12.68kB                                                                                                                                                                     0.0s
 => resolve image config for docker-image://docker.io/docker/dockerfile:1                                                                                                                                   0.3s
 => CACHED docker-image://docker.io/docker/dockerfile:1@sha256:b6afd42430b15f2d2a4c5a02b919e98a525b785b1aaff16747d2f623364e39b6                                                                             0.0s
.......
 => CACHED [python-requirements 1/7] RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked     --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked     apt update     && apt install -y software-p  0.0s
 => CACHED [python-requirements 2/7] RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/openedx/.cache/pip,sharing=shared     uv pip install     setuptools==69.1.1 pip==24.0 wheel==0.43.0                                     0.0s
 => ERROR [python-requirements 3/7] RUN --mount=type=bind,from=edx-platform,source=/requirements/edx/base.txt,target=/openedx/edx-platform/requirements/edx/base.txt     --mount=type=bind,from=edx-platfo  1.3s
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 > [python-requirements 3/7] RUN --mount=type=bind,from=edx-platform,source=/requirements/edx/base.txt,target=/openedx/edx-platform/requirements/edx/base.txt     --mount=type=bind,from=edx-platform,source=/requirements/edx/assets.txt,target=/openedx/edx-platform/requirements/edx/assets.txt     --mount=type=cache,target=/openedx/.cache/pip,sharing=shared     uv pip install -r /openedx/edx-platform/requirements/edx/base.txt -r /openedx/edx-platform/requirements/edx/assets.txt:
0.140 Using Python 3.11.8 environment at: /openedx/venv
1.257   × Failed to build `loremipsum==1.0.5`
1.257   ├─▶ The build backend returned an error
1.257   ╰─▶ Call to `setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__.build_wheel` failed (exit
1.257       status: 1)
1.257
1.257       [stderr]
1.257       Traceback (most recent call last):
1.257         File "<string>", line 14, in <module>
1.257         File
1.257       "/openedx/.cache/pip/builds-v0/.tmpgTeYXs/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py",
1.257       line 333, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
1.257           return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
1.257                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1.257         File
1.257       "/openedx/.cache/pip/builds-v0/.tmpgTeYXs/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py",
1.257       line 301, in _get_build_requires
1.257           self.run_setup()
1.257         File
1.257       "/openedx/.cache/pip/builds-v0/.tmpgTeYXs/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py",
1.257       line 520, in run_setup
1.257           super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
1.257         File
1.257       "/openedx/.cache/pip/builds-v0/.tmpgTeYXs/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py",
1.257       line 317, in run_setup
1.257           exec(code, locals())
1.257         File "<string>", line 13, in <module>
1.257         File
1.257       "/openedx/.cache/pip/sdists-v9/pypi/loremipsum/1.0.5/LKbpG553hq161wdZGTyob/src/loremipsum/__init__.py",
1.257       line 61, in <module>
1.257           from .generator import Generator, DictionaryError, SampleError
1.257         File
1.257       "/openedx/.cache/pip/sdists-v9/pypi/loremipsum/1.0.5/LKbpG553hq161wdZGTyob/src/loremipsum/generator.py",
1.257       line 8, in <module>
1.257           from pkg_resources import resource_string
1.257       ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'
1.257
1.257       hint: This error likely indicates that `[email protected]` depends
1.257       on `pkg_resources`, but doesn't declare it as a build dependency. If
1.257       `loremipsum` is a first-party package, consider adding `pkg_resources`
1.257       to its `build-system.requires`. Otherwise, either add it to your
1.257       `pyproject.toml` under:
1.257
1.257       [tool.uv.extra-build-dependencies]
1.257       loremipsum = ["pkg_resources"]
1.257
1.257       or `uv pip install pkg_resources` into the environment and re-run with
1.257       `--no-build-isolation`.
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Dockerfile:91
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  90 |     # Install base requirements and asset-building requirements
  91 | >>> RUN --mount=type=bind,from=edx-platform,source=/requirements/edx/base.txt,target=/openedx/edx-platform/requirements/edx/base.txt \
  92 | >>>     --mount=type=bind,from=edx-platform,source=/requirements/edx/assets.txt,target=/openedx/edx-platform/requirements/edx/assets.txt \
  93 | >>>     --mount=type=cache,target=/openedx/.cache/pip,sharing=shared \
  94 | >>>     $PIP_COMMAND install -r /openedx/edx-platform/requirements/edx/base.txt -r /openedx/edx-platform/requirements/edx/assets.txt
  95 |
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ERROR: failed to build: failed to solve: process "/bin/sh -c $PIP_COMMAND install -r /openedx/edx-platform/requirements/edx/base.txt -r /openedx/edx-platform/requirements/edx/assets.txt" did not complete successfully: exit code: 1
Error: Command failed with status 1: docker buildx build --tag=docker.io/overhangio/openedx:21.0.0-indigo --output=type=docker --cache-from=type=registry,ref=docker.io/overhangio/openedx:21.0.0-indigo-cache /home/tutor/.local/share/tutor/env/build/openedx

Testing instructions

I am currently running a tutor images build openedx openedx-dev to see if this PR fixes the build issue.

Even if it doesn't, we'll want to merge this PR, and then keep digging in order to find other packages relying on pkg_resources.

No need to manually test application code, in my opinion.

Deadline

ASAP, as this blocks basically all Open edX developers and site operators from building the platform image from scratch.

Other information

We should backport this to Ulmo, and possibly to older releases as well.

We did not fix the usage of loremipsum in edx-ora2 test code. That'll need to be done as followup later, but it's not critical to unblocking general open edx backend development.

loremipsum broken as of setuptools v82 edx-ora2#2361

We hope this will fix an error where loremipsum is using pkg_resources, which setuptools dropped support for as of v82 (released yesterday).

kdmccormick · 2026-02-09T19:24:48Z

~~OK so this merged to master but GitHub is bugging out and didn't mark it as such: openedx/edx-ora2@0929cda~~

kdmccormick · 2026-02-09T19:26:44Z

Sorry, wrong PR, disregard the above comment

brian-smith-tcril

All tests except check_dependencies passed, so this LGTM!

mboisson · 2026-02-09T21:08:09Z

Maybe this suggests that setuptools should be pinned to a specific version ?

…37991) We hope this will fix an error where loremipsum is using pkg_resources, which setuptools dropped support for as of v82 (released yesterday).

…37991) (#37992) We hope this will fix an error where loremipsum is using pkg_resources, which setuptools dropped support for as of v82 (released yesterday).

…penedx#37991) We hope this will fix an error where loremipsum is using pkg_resources, which setuptools dropped support for as of v82 (released yesterday). (cherry picked from commit d0a2212)

build: Upgrade to ora2==6.17.2 which removes loremipsum base dep

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We hope this will fix an error where loremipsum is using pkg_resources, which setuptools dropped support for as of v82 (released yesterday).

kdmccormick requested a review from brian-smith-tcril February 9, 2026 19:23

kdmccormick closed this Feb 9, 2026

kdmccormick reopened this Feb 9, 2026

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kdmccormick merged commit d0a2212 into master Feb 9, 2026
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kdmccormick deleted the kdmccormick/ipsum branch February 9, 2026 20:51

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[ulmo] build: Upgrade to ora2==6.17.2 which removes loremipsum base dep #37992

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ahmed-arb mentioned this pull request Feb 10, 2026

OpenEdx image build fails with setuptools >= 81.0.0 (pkg_resources removed) overhangio/tutor#1347

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salman2013 mentioned this pull request Feb 10, 2026

Pinning setuptool <= 80.9.0 to fix package resource error openedx/xblocks-contrib#156

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fix: Cherry-pick three critical ulmo.1 fixes overhangio/tutor#1348

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check_dependencies fails on Python 3.12 due to missing pkg_resources #38003

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