Switch distutils to setuptools

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Pull Request Overview

This PR replaces distutils with setuptools for building CFFI extensions and updates the project’s build configuration.

• Adds types-setuptools to the development dependencies.
• Removes the explicit minimum version for setuptools in pyproject.toml.
• Switches imports and patches from distutils.command.build_ext to setuptools.command.build_ext in build scripts.

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
pyproject.toml	Added types-setuptools and relaxed the setuptools version requirement.
nphash/build.py	Replaced distutils imports/patches with setuptools equivalents and adjusted calls to get_ext_filename.
nphash/_build_utils/_ffi_builders.py	Updated docstring and switched distutils import to setuptools.command.build_ext.

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nphash/build.py:10

• [nitpick] The updated build process using setuptools isn't covered by existing tests. Consider adding integration tests to verify the new FFI build pipeline succeeds under different configurations.

import os

pyproject.toml:39

• [nitpick] Dropping the minimum setuptools version may lead to compatibility issues with older releases. Consider specifying a lower bound (e.g., setuptools>=68.1) to ensure required features are available.

requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]