ref: https://github.com/madmaze/pytesseract/issues/419#issuecomment-1083607464

The defaults for --compile-bytecode (0, 1) are equivalent to the --optimize=1 used previously.

python-setuptools-scm is the only package I hit a wall with:
> ==> Starting check()...
> running install
> running bdist_egg
> bdist_egg is forbidden, please update to setuptools>=45 which uses pip

https://archlinux.org/todo/cleanup-of-python-setuptools-dependency-for-console-scripts/