A dependency on packaging and pkg_resources was added in #2419 . We should remove the dependency, similar to googleapis/python-api-core#852. The reason for removing packaging is that there are often breaking changes which can introduce diamond dependency issues. pkg_resouces requires setuptools as a run time dependency which is not ideal.
A dependency on
packagingandpkg_resourceswas added in #2419 . We should remove the dependency, similar to googleapis/python-api-core#852. The reason for removingpackagingis that there are often breaking changes which can introduce diamond dependency issues.pkg_resoucesrequiressetuptoolsas a run time dependency which is not ideal.