[XEN PATCH v3 0/4] python: Support setuptools

[Javi Merino <javi.merino@xxxxxxxxx>]

This series adds support for setuptools as distutils will be
deprecated in python 3.12.

Not done for this series:
  - Andrew suggested simplifying the code in m4/python_devel.m4[0] and
    this is not done yet.

[0] 
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/fdf87d82-aa3c-fd2e-6271-848f1a806fb2@xxxxxxxxxx/

Changes since v2:
  - These containers used for gitlab ci were missing setuptools in the
    previous series and now they have it:
    * alpine/3.18-arm64v8
    * opensuse-tumbleweed
    * debian/bookworm-i386
    * debian/bookworm-arm64v8
  - These containers used for gitlab ci are being kept without
    setuptools to test installations that don't have it:
    * centos/7
    * debian/stretch
    * ubuntu/trusty
    * ubuntu/xenial
    * ubuntu/bionic
  - Fix commit messages that talked about removing distutils support
    as we are keeping it.
  - Add my Signed-off-by to all commits
  - Clarify in the readme that python's minimum version is 2.7.
  - Fold the changes to the ./configure script into the patch that
    changes `m4/python_devel.m4`.  Create ./configure using autoconf
    2.69.

Changes since v1:
  - Update all containers to have setuptools, as python 3.12
    deprecates distutils in favour of setuptools
  - Keep python2's support by falling back to distutils if setuptools
    is not installed
  - Drop the commit about raising the baseline requirement for python,
    as we keep supporting python2

v1: 
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20230316171634.320626-1-marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
v2: 
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1694450145.git.javi.merino@xxxxxxxxx/

Javi Merino (2):
  automation: add python3's setuptools to containers
  README: update to remove old note about the build system's python
    expectation

Marek Marczykowski-Górecki (2):
  tools: convert setup.py to use setuptools
  tools: don't use distutils in configure nor Makefile

 README                                        | 11 +---
 .../build/alpine/3.18-arm64v8.dockerfile      |  1 +
 automation/build/alpine/3.18.dockerfile       |  1 +
 automation/build/archlinux/current.dockerfile |  1 +
 .../build/debian/bookworm-arm64v8.dockerfile  |  1 +
 .../build/debian/bookworm-i386.dockerfile     |  1 +
 automation/build/debian/bookworm.dockerfile   |  1 +
 .../build/suse/opensuse-leap.dockerfile       |  1 +
 .../build/suse/opensuse-tumbleweed.dockerfile |  1 +
 automation/build/ubuntu/focal.dockerfile      |  1 +
 m4/python_devel.m4                            | 28 +++++-----
 tools/configure                               | 52 +++++++------------
 tools/libs/stat/Makefile                      |  4 +-
 tools/pygrub/setup.py                         |  7 ++-
 tools/python/setup.py                         |  7 ++-
 15 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)

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