Replace distutils.version with packaging.version's parse

[hugovk]

Fixes #35.

Demo

Python 3.10.0 (v3.10.0:b494f5935c, Oct  4 2021, 14:59:20) [Clang 12.0.5 (clang-1205.0.22.11)] on darwin
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>>> from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
>>> import pytest
>>> parse_version(pytest.__version__)
<Version('6.2.5')>
>>> parse_version('3.6.0')
<Version('3.6.0')>
>>> parse_version(pytest.__version__) < parse_version('3.6.0')
False

[pquentin]

Thanks!

[eraserhead0705]

Any idea when we can see this released? Work around for me is currently manually changing the code in my venv.

[taybin]

I'm seeing this too now. Any updates?

[lyz-code]

@ktosiek @thijskramer @pquentin is there anything we can do to speed up the merging of this PR?

[gabriel-yahav]

@ktosiek @thijskramer @pquentin is there anything we can do to speed up the merging of this PR?

Joining the question.

1. Is there any issue block merging this PR ?
2. When will a new release's version be available ?

[mgorny]

Honestly, at this point I do wonder if there's really a point in supporting pytest < 3.6.0, and if it wouldn't be better to just drop that and avoid the extra dep.

[hugovk]

Good idea, please see #38 as an alternative.

[hugovk]

Closing this year old PR, happy to re-open if there's any interest, but will keep #38 open a bit longer.

[youknowone]

@ktosiek would you try to recruit more maintainers?