-- patch for: imp module was deprecated and completely removed in Python 3.12

--- setup.py.orig	2026-10-15 06:59:48 UTC
+++ setup.py
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@ from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import setup
-
-import imp
-
+import importlib.util
+from pathlib import Path
+ 
 with open('README.rst') as readme_file:
     README = readme_file.read()
-
+ 
 def get_version():
-    ver_file = None
-    try:
-        ver_file, pathname, description = imp.find_module('__version__', ['src/vcstools'])
-        vermod = imp.load_module('__version__', ver_file, pathname, description)
-        version = vermod.version
-        return version
-    finally:
-        if ver_file is not None:
-            ver_file.close()
+    path = Path('src/vcstools/__version__.py')
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location('__version__', path)
+    vermod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(vermod)
+    return vermod.version
 
 test_required = [
     "nose",