Inline the usage of distutils to mitigate the issue caused by removal (#513)

* Embed usage of distutils

Author: ReaNAiveD

HISTORY.rst

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 Release History
 ===============
+0.1.98
+++++++
+* `az verify history`: Mitigate the usage of "distutils" by inline
+
 0.1.97
 ++++++
 * `azdev generate-breaking-change-report`: Add `--include-whl-extensions` to support extensions installed through wheel.

azdev/__init__.py

@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 # license information.
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-__VERSION__ = '0.1.97'
+__VERSION__ = '0.1.98'

azdev/operations/pypi.py

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import re
 import sys
 
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion  # pylint:disable=import-error,no-name-in-module,deprecated-module
 from docutils import core, io
 
 from knack.log import get_logger
@@ -247,6 +246,7 @@ def _compare_module_against_pypi(results, root_dir, mod, mod_path):
         results[mod]['status'] = 'OK'
         return results
     # OK if local version is higher than what's on PyPI
+    from distutils.version import LooseVersion  # pylint:disable=import-error,no-name-in-module,deprecated-module
     if LooseVersion(build_version) > LooseVersion(downloaded_version):
         results[mod]['status'] = 'OK'
         return results