MAINT: Replace distutils with standalone looseversion package

Author: mgxd

docs/tools/buildmodref.py

@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@
 
 # local imports
 from apigen import ApiDocWriter
-
 # version comparison
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion as V
+from looseversion import LooseVersion
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 

niworkflows/interfaces/reportlets/registration.py

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 #
 """ReportCapableInterfaces for registration tools."""
 import os
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
+from looseversion import LooseVersion
 from nipype.utils.filemanip import fname_presuffix
 from nipype.interfaces.base import (
     traits,

setup.cfg

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ python_requires = >= 3.7
 install_requires =
     attrs
     jinja2
+    looseversion
     markupsafe ~= 2.0.1  # jinja2 imports deprecated function removed in 2.1
     matplotlib >= 3.4.2
     nibabel ~= 3.0