BUG: fix extraction of conda version

asv/plugins/conda.py

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 import contextlib
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from packaging.version import Version
+
 from .. import environment, util
 from ..console import log
 
@@ -147,10 +149,13 @@ def _setup(self):
             try:
                 env_file_name = self._conda_environment_file or env_file.name
 
-                conda_version = self._run_conda(['--version'], env=env)
+                conda_version = re.search(
+                    r'\d+(\.\d+)+',
+                    self._run_conda(['--version'], env=env)
+                )[0]
                 log.info(f"conda version: {conda_version}")
                 # https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/release-notes.html#id8
-                if conda_version >= "24.3.0":
+                if Version(conda_version) >= Version("24.3.0"):
                     self._run_conda(['env', 'create', '-f', env_file_name,
                                  '-p', self._path, "--yes"],
                                 env=env)

pyproject.toml

@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ plugs = [
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "wheel",
-    "setuptools>=64",
+    # pin setuptools:
+    # https://github.com/airspeed-velocity/asv/pull/1426#issuecomment-2290658198
+    "setuptools>=64,<72.2.0",
     "setuptools_scm>=6",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"