Replace distutils.versions with packaging.versions

[tier-jani]

What do these changes do?

This removes DeprecationWarnings raised by distutils.
Fixes #1306

Are there changes in behavior for the user?

No changes to the user, besides not getting the DeprecationWarnings

Related issue number

#1306

Checklist

• I think the code is well written
• Unit tests for the changes exist
• Documentation reflects the changes
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    Fix issue with non-ascii contents in doctest text files.

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