distutils package deprecation warning in configure.py

[targos]

D:\Git\nodejs\node\configure.py:17: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives

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[cclauss]

I think we have at least 18 months before Python 3.12 is released.
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0664

[richardlau]

For reference:

node/configure.py

Line 17 in d50efc6

from distutils.version import StrictVersion

PEP 632 suggests to use packaging, although that doesn't appear to be a built-in module (unlike distutils) and may be another package to install (either via pip or your OS' package manager). Or maybe we can just parse into tuples as suggested in #29927 (comment).

gyp-next will also be affected: https://github.com/nodejs/gyp-next/blob/35305d66b4f377e0f00e52d0426164a592779f17/pylib/gyp/input.py#L19

node/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py

Line 19 in d50efc6

from distutils.version import StrictVersion

[cclauss]

pypa/setuptools#3145

[AdamMajer]

node-gyp has same issue here (nodejs/node-gyp#2869) so the solution is probably to use same solution.

BTW, this is already causing build failures for Fedora Rawhide

[cclauss]

Yes. The code in question is vendored in from Node-gyp.