Draft: Updates for python 3.12 in AnalysisBase

This MR is based on the not yet committed changes of MR !1113 (merged) and contains the updates for python 3.12 in AnalysisBase.

Notes:

• distutils has been removed from python 3.12 but an alternative is available in the updated version 69.5.1 of setuptools. See also https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/deprecated/distutils-legacy.html
• Had to patch setup.py in numpy due the distutils changes
• XRootD still has the python binding issue as mentioned in !1113 (comment 8146401)

Let's see how to CI performs.

Tagging @akraszna, @jcatmore, @jchapman for info.