Bug summary

distutils is deprecated in Python 3.10: https://docs.python.org/3/library/distutils.html

Matplotlib (as of 3.4.3) currently uses distutils, so users are met with DeprecationWarnings when using on Python 3.10.

    from matplotlib import pyplot 
.tox/py/lib/python3.10/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py:88: in <module>
    from distutils.version import LooseVersion
/usr/local/lib/python3.10/distutils/__init__.py:19: in <module>
    warnings.warn(_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE,
E   DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives

Code for reproduction

from matplotlib import pyplot

Actual outcome

DeprecationWarning raised per summary.

Expected outcome

No DeprecationWarnings raised

Additional information

No response

Operating system

macOS

Matplotlib Version

3.4.3

Matplotlib Backend

No response

Python version

Python 3.10.0

Jupyter version

No response

Installation

pip