Compatibility with Python v3.12

[brent-cybrid]

The import:

    from distutils.version import LooseVersion

is incompatible with Python v3.12 (see here for the note that distutils is no longer supported in Python v3.12).

This limitation prevents this package from being used in v3.12 environments.

[willthames]

Thanks for this - it seems like it's not just distutils but also pkg_resources.

#26 tracks the work for this.

[willthames]

#26 is pretty much ready but will drop support for python 3.8 - as such I'll combine it with the update for kubernetes 1.29 (which won't happen until after the upstream release expected in the next three days)

[willthames]

I'll release this as 1.28.3 soon (I've used importlib_resources backport to retain 3.8 compatibility so don't need a breaking change) - I think it's going to be a few days before I'm ready for 1.29

[willthames]

1.28.3 has now been released with 3.12 support