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setup: use old importlib_metadata version to fix kombu failing on python < 3.8

Many libraries use the importlib_metadata library as fallback when running on
Python versions older than 3.8 . For example setuptools when easy_install is
used for install the Kallithea console_scripts entrypoints in the bin folder.
The dependencies on importlib_metadata were indirect and without constrains on
version number.

The problem is that Celery uses Kombu, which (on Python < 3.8) uses
importlib_metadata in a way that is incompatible with importlib_metadata > 5.

Most obvious, building docs failed as:
Running Sphinx v5.1.1

Configuration error:
There is a programmable error in your configuration file:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File ".../kallithea/venv/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/sphinx/config.py", line 347, in eval_config_file
exec(code, namespace)
File ".../kallithea/docs/conf.py", line 17, in <module>
import kallithea
File ".../kallithea/kallithea/__init__.py", line 45, in <module>
CELERY_APP = celery.Celery() # needed at import time but is lazy and can be configured later
File ".../kallithea/venv/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/celery/local.py", line 492, in __getattr__
[name])
File ".../kallithea/venv/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/celery/app/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
from celery import _state
File ".../kallithea/venv/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/celery/_state.py", line 15, in <module>
from celery.utils.threads import LocalStack
File ".../kallithea/venv/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/celery/utils/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
from .nodenames import nodename, nodesplit, worker_direct
File ".../kallithea/venv/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/celery/utils/nodenames.py", line 6, in <module>
from kombu.entity import Exchange, Queue
File ".../kallithea/venv/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/kombu/entity.py", line 7, in <module>
from .serialization import prepare_accept_content
File ".../kallithea/venv/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/kombu/serialization.py", line 440, in <module>
for ep, args in entrypoints('kombu.serializers'): # pragma: no cover
File ".../kallithea/venv/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/kombu/utils/compat.py", line 82, in entrypoints
for ep in importlib_metadata.entry_points().get(namespace, [])
AttributeError: 'EntryPoints' object has no attribute 'get'

That made readthedocs builds fail, when it in the default web configuration
used Python 3.7 .

Fixed by introducing an explicit dependency on importlib_metadata < 5.

.. _vcs_setup:

=============================
Version control systems setup
=============================

Kallithea supports Git and Mercurial repositories out-of-the-box.
For Git, you do need the ``git`` command line client installed on the server.

You can always disable Git or Mercurial support by editing the
file ``kallithea/__init__.py`` and commenting out the backend. For example, to
disable Git but keep Mercurial enabled:

.. code-block:: python

   BACKENDS = {
       'hg': 'Mercurial repository',
       #'git': 'Git repository',
   }


Git-specific setup
------------------


Web server with chunked encoding
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Large Git pushes require an HTTP server with support for
chunked encoding for POST. The Python web servers waitress_ and
gunicorn_ (Linux only) can be used. By default, Kallithea uses
waitress_ for `gearbox serve` instead of the built-in `paste` WSGI
server.

The web server used by gearbox is controlled in the .ini file::

    use = egg:waitress#main

or::

    use = egg:gunicorn#main

Also make sure to comment out the following options::

    threadpool_workers =
    threadpool_max_requests =
    use_threadpool =

Increasing Git HTTP POST buffer size
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If Git pushes fail with HTTP error code 411 (Length Required), you may need to
increase the Git HTTP POST buffer. Run the following command as the user that
runs Kallithea to set a global Git variable to this effect::

    git config --global http.postBuffer 524288000


.. _waitress: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/waitress
.. _gunicorn: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/gunicorn
.. _subrepositories: http://mercurial.aragost.com/kick-start/en/subrepositories/