Remove support for installed eggs distributions

Author: sbidoul

src/pip/_internal/metadata/importlib/_envs.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import functools
 import importlib.metadata
 import logging
 import os
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@
 
 from pip._internal.metadata.base import BaseDistribution, BaseEnvironment
 from pip._internal.models.wheel import Wheel
-from pip._internal.utils.deprecation import deprecated
 from pip._internal.utils.filetypes import WHEEL_EXTENSION
 
 from ._compat import BadMetadata, BasePath, get_dist_name, get_info_location
@@ -131,29 +129,6 @@ def _find_eggs_in_zip(self, location: str) -> Iterator[BaseDistribution]:
         for dist in find_eggs_in_zip(importer, location):
             yield legacy.Distribution(dist)
 
-    def find_eggs(self, location: str) -> Iterator[BaseDistribution]:
-        """Find eggs in a location.
-
-        This actually uses the old *pkg_resources* backend. We likely want to
-        deprecate this so we can eventually remove the *pkg_resources*
-        dependency entirely. Before that, this should first emit a deprecation
-        warning for some versions when using the fallback since importing
-        *pkg_resources* is slow for those who don't need it.
-        """
-        if os.path.isdir(location):
-            yield from self._find_eggs_in_dir(location)
-        if zipfile.is_zipfile(location):
-            yield from self._find_eggs_in_zip(location)
-
-
-@functools.lru_cache(maxsize=None)  # Warn a distribution exactly once.
-def _emit_egg_deprecation(location: Optional[str]) -> None:
-    deprecated(
-        reason=f"Loading egg at {location} is deprecated.",
-        replacement="to use pip for package installation.",
-        gone_in="23.3",
-    )
-
 
 class Environment(BaseEnvironment):
     def __init__(self, paths: Sequence[str]) -> None:
@@ -173,9 +148,6 @@ def _iter_distributions(self) -> Iterator[BaseDistribution]:
         finder = _DistributionFinder()
         for location in self._paths:
             yield from finder.find(location)
-            for dist in finder.find_eggs(location):
-                _emit_egg_deprecation(dist.location)
-                yield dist
             # This must go last because that's how pkg_resources tie-breaks.
             yield from finder.find_linked(location)