Prepare for distutils.version being removed in Python 3.12 (#3936) (#3942)

* Prepare for distutils.version being removed in Python 2.12.

* Fix copy'n'paste error.

* Re-add Loose prefix.

* Fix Python version typos.

* Improve formulation.

* Move message into own line.

* Fix casing, now that the object is no longer called Version.

(cherry picked from commit a2f72be6c8)

plugins/module_utils/gitlab.py

@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 import json
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import missing_required_lib
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import fetch_url
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
+
 try:
     from urllib import quote_plus  # Python 2.X
 except ImportError:
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ def gitlabAuthentication(module):
         # python-gitlab library remove support for username/password authentication since 1.13.0
         # Changelog : https://github.com/python-gitlab/python-gitlab/releases/tag/v1.13.0
         # This condition allow to still support older version of the python-gitlab library
-        if StrictVersion(gitlab.__version__) < StrictVersion("1.13.0"):
+        if LooseVersion(gitlab.__version__) < LooseVersion("1.13.0"):
             gitlab_instance = gitlab.Gitlab(url=gitlab_url, ssl_verify=validate_certs, email=gitlab_user, password=gitlab_password,
                                             private_token=gitlab_token, api_version=4)
         else:

plugins/module_utils/influxdb.py

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 import traceback
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import missing_required_lib
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
 REQUESTS_IMP_ERR = None
 try:

plugins/module_utils/version.py

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright: (c) 2021, Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+"""Provide version object to compare version numbers."""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
+
+try:
+    from ansible.module_utils.compat.version import LooseVersion
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        msg = 'To use this plugin or module with ansible-core < 2.11, you need to use Python < 3.12 with distutils.version present'
+        raise_from(ImportError(msg), exc)