-- Lower the setuptools lower bound to match the version provided by devel/py-setuptools.
-- Do not update devel/py-setuptools; instead patch this port to use its declared version.

--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-09-17 12:24:23 UTC
+++ pyproject.toml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ select = "*-win_amd64"
 #environment = { PKG_CONFIG_PATH = "c:/opt/64/lib/pkgconfig" }
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=83.0.0", "wheel", "cffi>=1.0.0", "Cython", "numpy"]  # PEP 518 - what is required to build
+requires = ["setuptools>=63.1.0", "wheel", "cffi>=1.0.0", "Cython", "numpy"]  # PEP 518 - what is required to build
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]