Replace distutils which is deprecated in 3.10

[alexrudd2]

See PEP632.

Replaced uses of distutils.version with pkg_resources.parse_version per their recommendation. Replace distutils.core.Command with setuptools.Command. Was unsure of a suitable replacement for disutils.log

[dhoomakethu]

Thanks @alexrudd2 , this includes a lot of changes and will take some time before I hit the merge button.

[alexrudd2]

Thanks @alexrudd2 , this includes a lot of changes and will take some time before I hit the merge button.

I'll split the linting into a separate PR.

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