DEP8 stderr failure: DeprecationWarning about distutils

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smoke FAIL stderr: /tmp/autopkgtest.Xbalw4/build.xQj/src/./setup.py:20: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives
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/tmp/autopkgtest.Xbalw4/build.xQj/src/./setup.py:20: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives
  from distutils.core import setup, Command
/tmp/autopkgtest.Xbalw4/build.xQj/src/./setup.py:21: DeprecationWarning: The distutils.sysconfig module is deprecated, use sysconfig instead
  import distutils.sysconfig
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smoke FAIL stderr: /tmp/autopkgtest.Xbalw4/build.xQj/src/./setup.py:20: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives
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