Remove LooseVersion dependency in Py script

dist/firefox/publish-signed-beta.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import time
 import zipfile
 
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from string import Template
 
 # - Download target (raw) uBlock0.firefox.xpi from GitHub
@@ -153,6 +152,7 @@ def input_secret(prompt, token):
 #
 # Convert the package to a self-hosted one: add `update_url` to the manifest
 #
+min_browser_version = '68';
 
 print('Converting raw xpi package into self-hosted xpi package...')
 with zipfile.ZipFile(raw_xpi_filepath, 'r') as zipin:
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ def input_secret(prompt, token):
             data = zipin.read(item.filename)
             if item.filename == 'manifest.json':
                 manifest = json.loads(bytes.decode(data))
+                min_browser_version = manifest['browser_specific_settings']['gecko']['strict_min_version']
                 manifest['browser_specific_settings']['gecko']['update_url'] = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{0}/{1}/master/dist/firefox/updates.json'.format(github_owner, github_repo)
                 data = json.dumps(manifest, indent=2, separators=(',', ': '), sort_keys=True).encode()
             zipout.writestr(item, data)
@@ -295,17 +296,23 @@ def get_jwt_auth():
 r = subprocess.run(['git', 'pull', 'origin', 'master'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
 rout = bytes.decode(r.stdout).strip()
 
+def int_from_version(version):
+    parts = version.split('.')
+    if len(parts) == 3:
+        parts.append('0')
+    return int(parts[0])*10e9 + int(parts[1])*10e6 + int(parts[2])*10e3 + int(parts[3])
+
 print('Update GitHub to point to newly signed self-hosted xpi package...')
 updates_json_filepath = os.path.join(projdir, 'dist', 'firefox', 'updates.json')
 with open(updates_json_filepath) as f:
     updates_json = json.load(f)
     f.close()
     previous_version = updates_json['addons'][extension_id]['updates'][0]['version']
-    if LooseVersion(ext_version) > LooseVersion(previous_version):
+    if int_from_version(ext_version) > int_from_version(previous_version):
         with open(os.path.join(projdir, 'dist', 'firefox', 'updates.template.json')) as f:
             template_json = Template(f.read())
             f.close()
-            updates_json = template_json.substitute(ext_version=ext_version, tag_version=tag_version)
+            updates_json = template_json.substitute(ext_version=ext_version, tag_version=tag_version, min_browser_version=min_browser_version)
             with open(updates_json_filepath, 'w') as f:
                 f.write(updates_json)
                 f.close()

dist/firefox/updates.template.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    "updates": [
     {
      "version": "$ext_version",
-     "browser_specific_settings": { "gecko": { "strict_min_version": "60" } },
+     "browser_specific_settings": { "gecko": { "strict_min_version": "$min_browser_version" } },
      "update_link": "https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/download/$tag_version/uBlock0_$tag_version.firefox.signed.xpi"
     }
    ]