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distutils deprecated and removed in python 3.12

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Description

From #48 I will also note here that distutils is deprecated and is removed in python 3.12, so the [sysconfig](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/sysconfig.html) module (available from python 3.2) should be loaded directly in the future.

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Start by tracing where the project loads or uses distutils, using issue #48 and the linked Python sysconfig documentation as context. Replace the deprecated loading path with direct sysconfig usage and verify that the affected functionality works on Python 3.12 without distutils.

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python
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tooling
Issue type
Bug
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