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| -rw-r--r-- | src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/__init__.py | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/__init__.py b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/__init__.py index c0ba26c8..b191cbe6 100644 --- a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/__init__.py +++ b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/__init__.py @@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ def _available_backends(): global _available_backends_list if _available_backends_list is None: - # Import here to reduce import time. - # pkg_resources takes about 100ms to load. + # Lazy import pkg_resources here to avoid the performance issue + # on systems with many packages detailed in + # https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/926 import pkg_resources entry_point_backends = [ |