upgrading from Python 3.10 (distutils deprecated in 3.11 and removed in 3.12)

[syberphunk]

The version of python relied upon for hephaistos doesn't appear to be specified in the readme.

Python, after version 3.11.0 no longer comes with distutils as it is deprecated, which hephaistos relies upon.

hephaistos does work with python 3.11.0, and until distutils is mitigated against it would be appreciated if it was stated which version of python hephaistos is coded against to prevent user frustration.

[nbusseneau]

Hephaistos as it stands is built with Python 3.10:

hephaistos/.github/workflows/build-release.yaml

Line 11 in a4f8565

python-version: "3.10"

Apologies for it not working with 3.11! Seeing as Hades has not been updated in years now I don't foresee changes being needed on Hephaistos side, and since Python usage is almost nil compared to executables, upgrading the codebase would require work that is not trivial (in the sense that the executables would need to be re-checked post-migration even though the ones we have right now already work mighty fine), so I don't plan on doing it for now (though PRs are more than welcome of course 😄).

[nbusseneau]

Added a small note about the 3.10 requirement in d4bb2a2, thanks!

[syberphunk]

Apologies for it not working with 3.11!

For clarity, python version 3.11.0 is the last version with distutils, any version after, say 3.11.1 and above, likely does not have it. I have not prescriptively tested with each version, but the last 3.11.x version had it removed, and 3.11.0 worked.