Revert "importlib_metadata remove deprecated entry point interfaces (#…

…7785)"

This reverts commit a4545db.

celery/bin/celery.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """Celery Command Line Interface."""
 import os
 import pathlib
-import sys
 import traceback
 
 try:
@@ -76,16 +75,7 @@ def convert(self, value, param, ctx):
 APP = App()
 
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
-    _PLUGINS = entry_points(group='celery.commands')
-else:
-    try:
-        _PLUGINS = entry_points().get('celery.commands', [])
-    except AttributeError:
-        _PLUGINS = entry_points().select(group='celery.commands')
-
-
-@with_plugins(_PLUGINS)
+@with_plugins(entry_points().get('celery.commands', []))
 @click.group(cls=DYMGroup, invoke_without_command=True)
 @click.option('-A',
               '--app',

celery/utils/imports.py

@@ -141,14 +141,7 @@ def gen_task_name(app, name, module_name):
 
 
 def load_extension_class_names(namespace):
-    if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
-        _entry_points = entry_points(group=namespace)
-    else:
-        try:
-            _entry_points = entry_points().get(namespace, [])
-        except AttributeError:
-            _entry_points = entry_points().select(group=namespace)
-    for ep in _entry_points:
+    for ep in entry_points().get(namespace, []):
         yield ep.name, ep.value
 
 

requirements/default.txt

@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ click>=8.1.2,<9.0
 click-didyoumean>=0.3.0
 click-repl>=0.2.0
 click-plugins>=1.1.1
-importlib-metadata>=3.6; python_version < '3.8'
+importlib-metadata>=1.4.0; python_version < '3.8'