We should revert #214 if we are going this way.

• chore (main): vendor in Python packaging for Py3.12 #214
• distutils is removed in Python 3.12 node-gyp#2869

We will need to teach JavaScript folks how to run pip.

https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.10.html#distutils-deprecated

yeah, this seems to publish packaging globally. I dont think this is the correct way.

@cclauss Would you mind creating a revert on #214? I think packaging should be declared as a required dependency, it can be installed on python < 3.12 as well.

The preferred solution is setuptools; python_version >= "3.12"

That would change the python version requirement of node: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/BUILDING.md#note-about-python