Bump setuptools version to >=59

Author: maresb

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools>=48.0.0",
+    "setuptools>=59.0.0",
     "cython",
     "numpy>=1.17.0",
     "versioneer[toml]>=0.28",
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ keywords = [
     "differentiation",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "setuptools>=48.0.0",
+    "setuptools>=59.0.0",
     "scipy>=0.14",
     "numpy>=1.17.0,<2",
     "filelock",

pytensor/link/c/exceptions.py

@@ -1,21 +1,4 @@
-try:
-    from setuptools.errors import CompileError as BaseCompileError
-except ImportError:
-    import warnings
-    from distutils.errors import CompileError as BaseCompileError  # type: ignore
-    from importlib.metadata import version
-
-    # These exception classes were made available in setuptools
-    # since v59.0.0 via <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/pull/2858>
-    # in preparation for distutils deprecation. Complain loudly if they
-    # are not available.
-    setuptools_version = version("setuptools")
-    warnings.warn(
-        f"You appear to be using an ancient version of setuptools: "
-        f"v{setuptools_version}. Please upgrade to at least v59.0.0. "
-        f"Support for this version of setuptools is provisionary and "
-        f"may be removed without warning in the future."
-    )
+from setuptools.errors import CompileError as BaseCompileError
 
 
 class MissingGXX(Exception):