Replace pkg_resources in VisuAlea

.gitignore

@@ -69,5 +69,6 @@ nosetests.xml
 ui_*.py
 
 # Mac dirs
-.DS_Storedoc/_build/
+.DS_Store
+doc/_build/
 doc/_build/*

src/openalea/visualea/metainfo.py

@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@
 
 
 def get_version():
-
-    import pkg_resources
-    dists = pkg_resources.require("openalea.visualea")
-    return dists[0].version
+    "Returns openalea.visualea version."
+    from importlib.metadata import metadata
+    meta = metadata("openalea.visualea")
+    release = meta.get("version")
+    return release
 
 url = "http://openalea.rtfd.io"
 
 def get_copyright():
 
-    return "Copyright \xa9 2006-2023 inria/CIRAD/INRAE\n"
+    return "Copyright \xa9 2006-2026 inria/CIRAD/INRAE\n"

src/openalea/visualea/qt/designer.py

@@ -27,11 +27,14 @@
 ]
 
 import datetime
-import pkg_resources
 import sys
 import os
 
+from importlib.resources import files, as_file
 from openalea.core.path import path as Path
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+
 
 from qtpy.uic import compileUi
 from qtpy import API as QT_MODULE_NAME
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@
 FORCE_UI_GENERATION = False
 
 
-def get_data(name, path):
+def get_data(name: str, path: str):
     """
     Eases access to module packed data.
 
@@ -52,10 +55,12 @@ def get_data(name, path):
     :param name: __name__
     :param path: path relative to module "name"
     """
-    path = pkg_resources.resource_filename(name, path)
-    path = Path(path).abspath()
-    return path
+    #import pkg_resources
+    #path = pkg_resources.resource_filename(name, path)
+    #path = Path(path).abspath()
+    #return path
 
+    return Path(str(files(name).joinpath(path))).abspath()
 
 def mtime(path):
     """Last-modified time of the file."""