try pinning setuptools, see if that broke things

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel twine
+          pip install --upgrade pip setuptools==v69.0.3 wheel twine
       - name: Install ETA
         run: |
           pip install --no-deps -e .