Fix issue with setuptools.distutils.version

Author: vfdev-5

.github/workflows/pytorch-version-tests.yml

@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ jobs:
           pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
           python setup.py install
 
+          # pytorch>=1.9.0,<1.11.0 is using "from setuptools import distutils; distutils.version.LooseVersion" anti-pattern 
+          # which raises the error: AttributeError: module 'distutils' has no attribute 'version' for setuptools>59
+          bad_pth_version=$(python -c "import torch; print('.'.join(torch.__version__.split('.')[:2])) in ['1.9', '1.10']")
+          if [ "${bad_pth_version}" -eq "True" ]; then
+            pip install --upgrade "setuptools<59"
+            python -c "from setuptools import distutils; distutils.version.LooseVersion"
+          fi
+
       # There is no more torchvision 0.5.0 binaries in anaconda pytorch channel:
       # https://anaconda.org/pytorch/torchvision/files 
       - name: Install appropriate dependencies for PyTorch 1.4.0