initial setup removing importlib-metadata

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/paste/deploy/config.py b/src/paste/deploy/config.py
index b174fa0..c9714fe 100644
--- a/src/paste/deploy/config.py
+++ b/src/paste/deploy/config.py
@@ -155,9 +155,6 @@ class ConfigMiddleware:
     def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
         global wsgilib
         if wsgilib is None:
-            import pkg_resources
-
-            pkg_resources.require('Paste')
             from paste import wsgilib
         popped_config = None
         if 'paste.config' in environ:
diff --git a/src/paste/deploy/util.py b/src/paste/deploy/util.py
index 6bd6132..1e9c08f 100644
--- a/src/paste/deploy/util.py
+++ b/src/paste/deploy/util.py
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@
 import inspect
 import sys
 
+try:
+    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
+except ImportError:
+    # bw-compat shim for py37
+    import importlib_metadata
+
+
+def find_entry_point(dist, group, name):
+    for entry in dist.entry_points:
+        if entry.name == name and entry.group == group:
+            return entry
+
 
 def fix_type_error(exc_info, callable, varargs, kwargs):
     """