As seen here: https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/blob/2384d915088b960999ca74fb81ce70bffd17b082/setuptools/dist.py#L23C6-L23C21, setuptools.dist is calling distutils.strtobool

As of Python 3.10, distutils has been deprecated, which results in this DeprecationWarning when using simple_settings:

lib/python3.10/site-packages/simple_settings/special_settings.py:5: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives
    from distutils.util import strtobool

To eliminate this warning, PEP 632 recomends copying the implementation into your own code, or reimplementing:

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0632/#migration-advice

An alternative is to use str2bool from PyPI:

https://github.com/symonsoft/str2bool