ref: remove distutils dependency

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2.19.1
+ - ref: remove distutils dependency
  - docs: add developer's section
 2.19.0
  - feat: support accessing private S3 basins (#174)

shapeout2/gui/update.py

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion, StrictVersion
 import json
 import os
 import struct
 import sys
 import traceback
 import urllib.request
 
+from dclab.external.packaging import parse as parse_version
 from PyQt6 import QtCore
 
 
@@ -58,12 +58,8 @@ def check_release(ghrepo="user/repo", version=None, timeout=20):
         newversion = j["tag_name"]
 
         if version is not None:
-            try:
-                new = StrictVersion(newversion)
-                old = StrictVersion(version)
-            except ValueError:
-                new = LooseVersion(newversion)
-                old = LooseVersion(version)
+            new = parse_version(newversion)
+            old = parse_version(version)
             if new > old:
                 update = True
                 new_version = newversion

tests/test_gui_update.py

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import encodings.idna  # noqa: F401
-import os
 import socket
 
 import pytest
@@ -15,10 +13,6 @@
         NET_AVAILABLE = False
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail(os.getenv("APPVEYOR") in ["true", "True"],
-                   reason="does not always run on Appveyor")
-@pytest.mark.xfail(os.getenv("CI") == "true",
-                   reason="does not always run on travisCI")
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not NET_AVAILABLE, reason="No network connection!")
 def test_update_basic():
     mdict = update.check_release(ghrepo="ZELLMECHANIK-DRESDEN/ShapeOut2",