fix: remove dependency on packaging introduced in 6fe6c24 "fix: workaround...

Author: daniel-jones-dev

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Fixed
 * Fixed typo in error message when no auth key is provided.
+* Removed dependency on `packaging` by replacing version comparison.
 
 
 ## [1.16.0] - 2023-11-03

deepl/http_client.py

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Tuple, Union
 from .util import log_info
 from deepl import util
-from packaging import version as packaging_version_module
 import json as json_module
 
 
@@ -230,9 +229,9 @@ def _prepare_request(
                     self._app_info_version,
                 ),
             )
-            if packaging_version_module.parse(
-                requests.__version__
-            ) >= packaging_version_module.parse("2.4.2"):
+
+            # TODO review when minimum Python version is raised
+            if tuple(map(int, requests.__version__.split("."))) >= (2, 4, 2):
                 kwargs["json"] = json
             elif json is not None:
                 # This is fine, see official docs