From b20abec39db1a38f67fd6533c59013a2e7441e3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rob <robdickson444@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 01:34:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add setuptools dependency for Python 3.12+ compatibility

NodeGraphQt uses distutils which was removed from Python 3.12's
standard library. setuptools provides the compatibility shim.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 pyproject.toml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 621e75e..0159613 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "requests>=2.28",
     "PySide6>=6.5",
     "NodeGraphQt>=0.6.0",
+    "setuptools",  # Required for distutils compatibility (Python 3.12+)
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]