!feat(backend): bump minimum python version (#12223)

* bump ci versions

* bump installer version

* bump tooling version ref

* bump doc refs

* bump / refactor code refs

* bump debug ref

* remove now unneeded deps

* bump release version

* remove distutils

* fix finder call

* remove old compat code

* add changelog entry

* lower cov target for now

src/frontend/netlify.toml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 [build.environment]
   VITE_DEMO = "true"
-  PYTHON_VERSION = "3.11"
+  PYTHON_VERSION = "3.12"
 
 # Send requests to subpath