Fix/distutil deprecation

[feng-j678]

[x] addressed distutil module deprecation in py312, deprecation is causing failure in vms with py312. to address this, created a customize comparator class to compare extension version numbers, extract the version numbers from the config path, and sort all existing extension versions to get the latest version. this comparator class is also being used to check ubuntu pro client machine versions.

[x] add ut for comparator class in core and extension
[x] core ut result:

[x] extension ut result:

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Codecov Report

Attention: Patch coverage is 98.96907% with 1 line in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

Project coverage is 92.26%. Comparing base (1061282) to head (2d6affd).
Report is 1 commits behind head on master.

Files with missing lines	Patch %	Lines
src/core/tests/Test_VersionComparator.py	96.66%	1 Missing ⚠️

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[SathishMSFT]

Please refactor the duplicate code. rest looks fine.

[rane-rajasi]

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