Prepare for distutils.version being removed in Python 3.12 (#314)

Prepare for distutils.version being removed in Python 3.12

SUMMARY
distutils has been deprecafed and will be removed from
Python's stdlib in Python 3.12 (see python.org/dev/peps/pep-0632).
This PR replaces the use of distutils.version.LooseVersion and distutils.version.StrictVersion
with LooseVersion from the vendored copy of distutils.version
included with ansible-core 2.12 (ansible/ansible#74644) if available,
and falls back to distutils.version for ansible-core 2.11 and before.
Since ansible-core 2.11 and earlier do not support Python 3.12 (since
they use LooseVersion itself in various places), this incomplete fix
should be OK for now. Also, the way this PR works (by adding a new
module_utils version that abstracts away where LooseVersion comes from),
it is easy to also fix this for ansible-core 2.11 and earlier later on.
Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kasurde akasurde@redhat.com
ISSUE TYPE

Bugfix Pull Request

COMPONENT NAME
changelogs/fragments/disutils.version.yml
molecule/default/roles/helm/library/helm_test_version.py
plugins/module_utils/common.py
plugins/module_utils/version.py
plugins/modules/helm.py

Reviewed-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
Reviewed-by: Mike Graves <mgraves@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: None <None>

plugins/module_utils/common.py

@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ import traceback
 import sys
 import hashlib
 from datetime import datetime
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.version import (
+    LooseVersion,
+)
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.args_common import (
     AUTH_ARG_MAP,
     AUTH_ARG_SPEC,