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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Don't use `pkg_resources.get_distribution(..).version`","articleBody":"#### Environment details\r\n\r\n  - OS type and version: Alpine Linux edge\r\n  - Python version: 3.8\r\n  - pip version: Irrelevant, pure system packages used\r\n  - `google-api-core` version: 1.16.0\r\n\r\n#### Issue\r\n\r\nI'm trying to run the tests with the end goal being packaging this for Alpine Linux.\r\nAll the dependencies are installed and I'm running the tests with `PYTHONPATH=\"$PWD/build/lib\" pytest` so I can run the tests without having the package installed yet.\r\n\r\nI'm probably just doing something wrong, but every test file fails with the following:\r\n\r\n```\r\n_____________________________________________ ERROR collecting tests/unit/test_bidi.py ______________________________________________\r\ntests/unit/test_bidi.py:24: in \u003cmodule\u003e\r\n    from google.api_core import bidi\r\nbuild/lib/google/api_core/__init__.py:23: in \u003cmodule\u003e\r\n    __version__ = get_distribution(\"google-api-core\").version\r\n/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py:482: in get_distribution\r\n    dist = get_provider(dist)\r\n/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py:358: in get_provider\r\n    return working_set.find(moduleOrReq) or require(str(moduleOrReq))[0]\r\n/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py:901: in require\r\n    needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))\r\n/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py:787: in resolve\r\n    raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)\r\nE   pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'google-api-core' distribution was not found and is required by the application\r\n```","author":{"url":"https://github.com/PureTryOut","@type":"Person","name":"PureTryOut"},"datePublished":"2020-05-06T10:47:00.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":22},"url":"https://github.com/27/python-api-core/issues/27"}