sanity/lib: Replace usage of LooseVersion() with bb.utils.vercmp_string_op()

distutils is going away and we have functionality in bitbake which can
handle these comparisions so switch to the bb.utils function.

(From OE-Core rev: fe624b520e6c75e16a8f394785ab0216341402f9)

Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

meta/lib/oe/distro_check.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def find_latest_numeric_release(url, d):
     maxstr=""
     for link in get_links_from_url(url, d):
         try:
-            # TODO use LooseVersion
+            # TODO use bb.utils.vercmp_string_op()
             release = float(link)
         except:
             release = 0

meta/lib/oe/terminal.py

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import logging
 import oe.classutils
 import shlex
 from bb.process import Popen, ExecutionError
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('BitBake.OE.Terminal')
 
@@ -86,10 +85,10 @@ class Konsole(XTerminal):
     def __init__(self, sh_cmd, title=None, env=None, d=None):
         # Check version
         vernum = check_terminal_version("konsole")
-        if vernum and LooseVersion(vernum) < '2.0.0':
+        if vernum and bb.utils.vercmp_string_op(vernum, "2.0.0", "<"):
             # Konsole from KDE 3.x
             self.command = 'konsole -T "{title}" -e {command}'
-        elif vernum and LooseVersion(vernum) < '16.08.1':
+        elif vernum and bb.utils.vercmp_string_op(vernum, "16.08.1", "<"):
             # Konsole pre 16.08.01 Has nofork
             self.command = 'konsole --nofork --workdir . -p tabtitle="{title}" -e {command}'
         XTerminal.__init__(self, sh_cmd, title, env, d)
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ def spawn(name, sh_cmd, title=None, env=None, d=None):
 
 def check_tmux_version(desired):
     vernum = check_terminal_version("tmux")
-    if vernum and LooseVersion(vernum) < desired:
+    if vernum and bb.utils.vercmp_string_op(vernum, desired, "<"):
         return False
     return vernum