spyder-kernels 2.1.* needs 'setuptools' as a dependency for Python 3.12

[luciansmith]

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Problem Description

When pip installing spyder-kernels in python 3.12, 'setuptools' is not also installed, and it's needed. As of 3.12, 'setuptools' is no longer included by default.

What steps reproduce the problem?

1. pip install spyder-kernels 2.1.*

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

It doesn't work, because setuptools isn't installed.

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