Announce the deprecation of imported distutils from stdlib. Ref #4137.

pypa · Nov 24, 2023 · 2832216 · 2832216
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diff --git a/_distutils_hack/__init__.py b/_distutils_hack/__init__.py
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ def clear_distutils():
         return
     import warnings
 
-    warnings.warn("Setuptools is replacing distutils.")
+    warnings.warn(
+        "Setuptools is replacing distutils. Support for replacing "
+        "an already imported distutils is deprecated. In the future, "
+        "this condition will fail.",
+    )
     mods = [
         name
         for name in sys.modules