BLD: require setuptools>=59 (partial migration out of distutils) #3674
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PR Summary
Another incremental step away from distutils, which is targetted for removal from the standard library in Python 3.12 (#3384)
This change requires setuptools 59, see https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/history.html#v59-0-0 and in particular pypa/setuptools#2698