Is there a `StrictVersion` after we drop `distutils`?

[cclauss]

We currently use from distutils.version import StrictVersion but we want to drop distutils in preparation for Python 3.12. What is the recommended substitute for StrictVersion? https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Lib/distutils/version.py#L93

https://github.com/pypa/packaging/blob/main/packaging/version.py

• Is there a `StrictVersion` after we drop `distutils`? setuptools#3145

[brettcannon]

Our normal Version class is strict when it comes to Python packaging version support, so that probably covers what you want. Otherwise you can also use packaging.utils.canonical_version() if you want even more strict string output.