Pandasgui relying on deprecated Setuptools to set __version__

[lbraylje]

init.py

Describe the bug
At runtime, pandasgui throws the following error:

.venv\Lib\site-packages\pandasgui\__init__.py:2: UserWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html. The pkg_resources package is slated for removal as early as 2025-11-30. Refrain from using this package or pin to Setuptools<81.
  from pkg_resources import get_distribution

I am not technical enough to submit a fix for this in terms of branching, pulling and committin on github but I believe the solution is to replace these lines in pandasgui init:

# Set version
from pkg_resources import get_distribution
__version__ = get_distribution('pandasgui').version

with the following code:

from importlib.metadata import version
__version__ = version("pandasgui")

This may prove problematic with pandas version < 3.8 and if this is a concern:

try:
    from importlib.metadata import version
except ImportError:
    # For Python < 3.8
    from importlib_metadata import version

__version__  = version('pandasgui')

[lbraylje]

constants.py

Similarly, constants.py is using the same deprecated module here:

PANDASGUI_ICON_PATH = pkg_resources.resource_filename(name, "resources/images/icon.png")
PANDASGUI_ICON_PATH_ICO = pkg_resources.resource_filename(name, "resources/images/icon.ico")

The only way I could 'fix' this in a way agnostic to being run from a file or from Pycharm terminal was:

import pathlib
import os
from importlib.resources import files

try:
    # 1. Best practice for modern Python (3.9+)
    resource_path = files("pandasgui").joinpath("resources", "images")
except (ImportError, TypeError, AttributeError):
    # 2. Fallback for interactive shells (Jupyter/PyCharm Console)
    # Use CWD if __file__ is missing, otherwise use file-relative path
    try:
        base_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
    except NameError:
        # We are in a notebook or REPL
        base_dir = pathlib.Path(os.getcwd())
    
    resource_path = base_dir / "resources" / "images"

PANDASGUI_ICON_PATH = str(resource_path / "icon.png")
PANDASGUI_ICON_PATH_ICO = str(resource_path / "icon.ico")

[lbraylje]

init.py

modules like find_toolbar use pkg_resources pervasively. I have my version running (attached)

find_toolbar.py

QtStylish suffers from the same issue in the init file and I've submitted a similar issue log.