From 1dcff1ff72ea18bf7fe797e7e88b03dab42310c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guy Chronister <guychronister@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:41:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] i3-balance-workspace: modernize derivation

---
 pkgs/by-name/i3/i3-balance-workspace/package.nix | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/i3/i3-balance-workspace/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/i3/i3-balance-workspace/package.nix
index 5654bbf9749b..59c89a6124c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/i3/i3-balance-workspace/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/i3/i3-balance-workspace/package.nix
@@ -7,14 +7,26 @@
 python3Packages.buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "i3-balance-workspace";
   version = "1.8.6";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit (finalAttrs) pname version;
     hash = "sha256-zJdn/Q6r60FQgfehtQfeDkmN0Rz3ZaqgNhiWvjyQFy0=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ python3Packages.i3ipc ];
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail 'poetry.masonry.api' 'poetry.core.masonry.api' \
+      --replace-fail 'poetry>=' 'poetry-core>='
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    python3Packages.poetry-core
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    python3Packages.i3ipc
+  ];
 
   doCheck = false; # project has no test
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "i3_balance_workspace" ];