recursion issue in reqs. dmg builds but is faulty

installable_apps/requirements.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-letta
+setuptools==68.2.2 # letta pinned - and anything newer than 70 builds a broken wheel
+letta==0.5.5 # this is also the version of the installer
 pgserver~=0.1.4
-py2app~=0.28.8
 pystray
 pillow
-darkdetect
-cutelog
-#py2exe - not currently supporting 3.12 TODO upgrade or downgrade
+darkdetect

installable_apps/setup.py

@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+"""
+This is a setup.py script generated by py2applet
+
+Usage:
+    python setup.py py2app
+"""
+
+from setuptools import setup
+# there is an import recursion leak somewhere upstream
+# this hack gets us past it
+import sys
+sys.setrecursionlimit(5000)
+
+APP = ['startup.py']
+DATA_FILES = ['assets']
+OPTIONS = {'iconfile': 'assets/letta.icns',
+           'includes': ['pgserver']}
 
 setup(
-    name="letta_installable",
-    version="0.1.0",
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    install_requires=[
-        # Read requirements from requirements.txt
-        req.strip() for req in open("requirements.txt").readlines()
-    ],
-    entry_points={
-        'console_scripts': [
-            'letta-startup=startup:main',
-        ],
-    },
-    include_package_data=True,
-    package_data={
-        '': ['*.txt', '*.rst', '*.html', '*.css', '*.js'],
-    },
+    app=APP,
+    data_files=DATA_FILES,
+    options={'py2app': OPTIONS, 'plist': {'CFBundleName': 'Letta', 'CFBundleShortVersionString': '0.5.5', 'CFBundleVersion': '0.5.5'}},
+    setup_requires=['py2app'],
 )