Remove deprecated 'setuptools.convert_path'

Author: abravalheri

setuptools/__init__.py

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import _distutils_hack.override  # noqa: F401
 import distutils.core
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsOptionError
-from distutils.util import convert_path as _convert_path
 
 from . import logging, monkey
 from . import version as _version_module
@@ -247,22 +246,6 @@ def findall(dir=os.curdir):
     return list(files)
 
 
-@functools.wraps(_convert_path)
-def convert_path(pathname):
-    SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning.emit(
-        "Access to implementation detail",
-        """
-        The function `convert_path` is not provided by setuptools itself,
-        and therefore not part of the public API.
-
-        Its direct usage by 3rd-party packages is considered improper and the function
-        may be removed in the future.
-        """,
-        due_date=(2023, 12, 13),  # initial deprecation 2022-03-25, see #3201
-    )
-    return _convert_path(pathname)
-
-
 class sic(str):
     """Treat this string as-is (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic)"""
 

setuptools/tests/test_setuptools.py

@@ -307,8 +307,3 @@ def test_its_own_wheel_does_not_contain_tests(setuptools_wheel):
 
     for member in contents:
         assert '/tests/' not in member
-
-
-def test_convert_path_deprecated():
-    with pytest.warns(setuptools.SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning):
-        setuptools.convert_path('setuptools/tests')