Merge tag 'v44.1.0'

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 5fabdff0..8f2ef1d8 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ commit = True
 tag = True
 
 [bumpversion:file:setup.cfg]
-
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 93c1f890..1e8da46e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+v44.1.0
+-------
+
+* #1704: Set sys.argv[0] in setup script run by build_meta.__legacy__
+* #1959: Fix for Python 4: replace unsafe six.PY3 with six.PY2
+* #1994: Fixed a bug in the "setuptools.finalize_distribution_options" hook that lead to ignoring the order attribute of entry points managed by this hook.
+
+
 v46.0.0
 -------
 
diff --git a/setuptools/dist.py b/setuptools/dist.py
index a2f8ea0d..fe64afa9 100644
--- a/setuptools/dist.py
+++ b/setuptools/dist.py
@@ -708,13 +708,13 @@ class Distribution(_Distribution):
         to influence the order of execution. Smaller numbers
         go first and the default is 0.
         """
-        hook_key = 'setuptools.finalize_distribution_options'
+        group = 'setuptools.finalize_distribution_options'
 
         def by_order(hook):
             return getattr(hook, 'order', 0)
-        eps = pkg_resources.iter_entry_points(hook_key)
+        eps = map(lambda e: e.load(), pkg_resources.iter_entry_points(group))
         for ep in sorted(eps, key=by_order):
-            ep.load()(self)
+            ep(self)
 
     def _finalize_setup_keywords(self):
         for ep in pkg_resources.iter_entry_points('distutils.setup_keywords'):