Handle deprecation of pkg_resources

* Replace `pkg_resources` with `importlib_metadata` for `spacy info
--url`
* Remove requirements check from `spacy project` given the lack of
alternatives

.github/azure-steps.yml

@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ steps:
     displayName: 'Test download CLI'
     condition: eq(variables['python_version'], '3.8')
 
+  - script: |
+      python -W error -m spacy info ca_core_news_sm --url
+    displayName: 'Test info --url CLI'
+    condition: eq(variables['python_version'], '3.8')
+
   - script: |
       python -W error -c "import ca_core_news_sm; nlp = ca_core_news_sm.load(); doc=nlp('test')"
     displayName: 'Test no warnings on load (#11713)'

spacy/cli/info.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from typing import Optional, Dict, Any, Union, List
 import platform
-import pkg_resources
 import json
 from pathlib import Path
 from wasabi import Printer, MarkdownRenderer
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ from ._util import app, Arg, Opt, string_to_list
 from .download import get_model_filename, get_latest_version
 from .. import util
 from .. import about
+from ..compat import importlib_metadata
 
 
 @app.command("info")
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ def info_installed_model_url(model: str) -> Optional[str]:
     dist-info available.
     """
     try:
-        dist = pkg_resources.get_distribution(model)
-        data = json.loads(dist.get_metadata("direct_url.json"))
+        dist = importlib_metadata.distribution(model)
+        data = dist.read_text("direct_url.json")
         return data["url"]
-    except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+    except importlib_metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
         # no such package
         return None
     except Exception:

spacy/cli/project/run.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ from typing import Optional, List, Dict, Sequence, Any, Iterable, Tuple
 import os.path
 from pathlib import Path
 
-import pkg_resources
 from wasabi import msg
 from wasabi.util import locale_escape
 import sys
@@ -331,6 +330,12 @@ def _check_requirements(requirements: List[str]) -> Tuple[bool, bool]:
     RETURNS (Tuple[bool, bool]): Whether (1) any packages couldn't be imported, (2) any packages with version conflicts
         exist.
     """
+    msg.warn("Requirements checks are being skipped.")
+    return False, False
+
+
+def _check_requirements_pkg_resources(requirements: List[str]) -> Tuple[bool, bool]:
+    import pkg_resources
 
     failed_pkgs_msgs: List[str] = []
     conflicting_pkgs_msgs: List[str] = []

spacy/tests/test_cli.py

@@ -1126,6 +1126,7 @@ def test_cli_find_threshold(capsys):
                 )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "reqs,output",
     [