From c142485d6f34c633d67c5e7ccbbc0baf7a1d695f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Janssen <30315129+janssen70@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 22:29:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor from pkg_resources to importlib.resources

Eliminate startup warning by replacing  pkg_resources with importlib.resources.files() for accessing package data files. Includes fallback to importlib_resources  for Python 3.7-3.8 compatibility.
---
 face_recognition_models/__init__.py | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/face_recognition_models/__init__.py b/face_recognition_models/__init__.py
index 6201432..2f2a29e 100644
--- a/face_recognition_models/__init__.py
+++ b/face_recognition_models/__init__.py
@@ -4,17 +4,22 @@
 __email__ = 'ageitgey@gmail.com'
 __version__ = '0.1.0'
 
-from pkg_resources import resource_filename
+try:
+    # Python 3.9+
+    from importlib.resources import files
+except ImportError:
+    # Python 3.7-3.8 fallback
+    from importlib_resources import files
 
 def pose_predictor_model_location():
-    return resource_filename(__name__, "models/shape_predictor_68_face_landmarks.dat")
+    return str(files(__name__).joinpath("models", "shape_predictor_68_face_landmarks.dat"))
 
 def pose_predictor_five_point_model_location():
-    return resource_filename(__name__, "models/shape_predictor_5_face_landmarks.dat")
+    return str(files(__name__).joinpath("models", "shape_predictor_5_face_landmarks.dat"))
 
 def face_recognition_model_location():
-    return resource_filename(__name__, "models/dlib_face_recognition_resnet_model_v1.dat")
+    return str(files(__name__).joinpath("models", "dlib_face_recognition_resnet_model_v1.dat"))
 
 def cnn_face_detector_model_location():
-    return resource_filename(__name__, "models/mmod_human_face_detector.dat")
+    return str(files(__name__).joinpath("models", "mmod_human_face_detector.dat"))
 
