Downgrade hyphen and uppercase deprecation warning to info

newsfragments/4923.misc.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This changes ``enforce_underscore`` and ``enforce_option_lowercase`` from deprecation warnings to information only.

setuptools/dist.py

@@ -628,17 +628,16 @@ def _enforce_underscore(self, opt: str, section: str) -> str:
 
         underscore_opt = opt.replace('-', '_')
         affected = f"(Affected: {self.metadata.name})." if self.metadata.name else ""
-        SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning.emit(
+        InformationOnly.emit(
             f"Invalid dash-separated key {opt!r} in {section!r} (setup.cfg), "
             f"please use the underscore name {underscore_opt!r} instead.",
             f"""
-            Usage of dash-separated {opt!r} will not be supported in future
-            versions. Please use the underscore name {underscore_opt!r} instead.
+            Usage of dash-separated {opt!r} is not supported by Python packaging
+            specifications. Please use the underscore name {underscore_opt!r} instead.
             {affected}
             """,
             see_docs="userguide/declarative_config.html",
-            due_date=(2026, 3, 3),
-            # Warning initially introduced in 3 Mar 2021
+            # Changed from warning to info after https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/4910
         )
         return underscore_opt
 
@@ -648,17 +647,17 @@ def _enforce_option_lowercase(self, opt: str, section: str) -> str:
 
         lowercase_opt = opt.lower()
         affected = f"(Affected: {self.metadata.name})." if self.metadata.name else ""
-        SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning.emit(
+        InformationOnly.emit(
             f"Invalid uppercase key {opt!r} in {section!r} (setup.cfg), "
             f"please use lowercase {lowercase_opt!r} instead.",
             f"""
-            Usage of uppercase key {opt!r} in {section!r} will not be supported in
-            future versions. Please use lowercase {lowercase_opt!r} instead.
+            Usage of uppercase key {opt!r} in {section!r} is not supported
+            by Python packaging specifications. Please use lowercase {lowercase_opt!r}
+            instead.
             {affected}
             """,
             see_docs="userguide/declarative_config.html",
-            due_date=(2026, 3, 3),
-            # Warning initially introduced in 6 Mar 2021
+            # Changed from warning to info after https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/4910
         )
         return lowercase_opt
 

setuptools/tests/config/test_setupcfg.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import configparser
 import contextlib
 import inspect
-import re
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
 
@@ -421,49 +420,6 @@ def test_not_utf8(self, tmpdir):
             with get_dist(tmpdir):
                 pass
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-        ("error_msg", "config", "invalid"),
-        [
-            (
-                "Invalid dash-separated key 'author-email' in 'metadata' (setup.cfg)",
-                DALS(
-                    """
-                    [metadata]
-                    author-email = [email protected]
-                    maintainer_email = [email protected]
-                    """
-                ),
-                {"author-email": "[email protected]"},
-            ),
-            (
-                "Invalid uppercase key 'Name' in 'metadata' (setup.cfg)",
-                DALS(
-                    """
-                    [metadata]
-                    Name = foo
-                    description = Some description
-                    """
-                ),
-                {"Name": "foo"},
-            ),
-        ],
-    )
-    def test_invalid_options_previously_deprecated(
-        self, tmpdir, error_msg, config, invalid
-    ):
-        # This test and related methods can be removed when no longer needed.
-        # Deprecation postponed due to push-back from the community in
-        # https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/4910
-        fake_env(tmpdir, config)
-        with pytest.warns(SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning, match=re.escape(error_msg)):
-            dist = get_dist(tmpdir).__enter__()
-
-        tmpdir.join('setup.cfg').remove()
-
-        for field, value in invalid.items():
-            attr = field.replace("-", "_").lower()
-            assert getattr(dist.metadata, attr) == value
-
 
 class TestOptions:
     def test_basic(self, tmpdir):