fix(batch-predictor, pyfunc-server): Pin setuptools max version (#608)

# Description
It seems like from the 20th of September 2024, CICD tasks that require
building a python environment started
[failing](https://github.com/caraml-dev/merlin/actions/runs/10938668959/job/30411359538#step:7:2657)
with the following error when the ancient `mlflow` package tries to log
artifacts:
```
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils._modified'
```

This seems to be an error
[reported](pyinstaller/pyinstaller#8793)
recently by other people in the `pyinstaller` repo, with some users
mentioning that `distutils` is used by `setuptools`, which just had a
new version released recently. Since it doesn't seem like we're
importing `distutils` directly, I've decided to simply pin down the max
version of `setuptools` to `<75`. Note that the version of `setuputils`
somehow needs to be specified in the variable passed to this argument
`install_requires` here


https://github.com/caraml-dev/merlin/blob/a9184ede2126d71c84f6458bcc44515dd78b0d03/python/pyfunc-server/setup.py#L49

As such, I've added `setuptools<75` in both the batch predictor and
pyfunc server's requirements.txt file.

Note that this PR technically does not fix the root cause of the
problem; it's only a band-aid solution for the moment until we migrate
to newer versions of Mlflow **_very shortly_**. When that happens I'll
revert the changes in this PR.

# Modifications
- `.github/workflows/release.yml` - Updated the versions of `setuptools`
in the build jobs for the python-related components
- `python/batch-predictor/requirements.txt` - Added `setuptools<75` to
the requirements of the batch predictor
- `python/pyfunc-server/requirements.txt` - Added `setuptools<75` to the
requirements of the pyfunc server

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- [ ] Added unit test, integration, and/or e2e tests
- [ ] Tested locally
- [ ] Updated documentation
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.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
  cache: pip
  - name: Install dependencies
  working-directory: ./python/sdk
- run: pip install setuptools>=64 setuptools_scm>=8 twine wheel
+ run: pip install setuptools>=64,<75 setuptools_scm>=8 twine wheel
  - name: Build and publish
  env:
  TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.pypi_username }}
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
  cache: pip
  - name: Install dependencies
  working-directory: ./python/pyfunc-server
- run: pip install setuptools>=64 setuptools_scm>=8 twine wheel
+ run: pip install setuptools>=64,<75 setuptools_scm>=8 twine wheel
  - name: Build and publish
  env:
  TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.pypi_username }}
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
  cache: pip
  - name: Install dependencies
  working-directory: ./python/batch-predictor
- run: pip install setuptools>=64 setuptools_scm>=8 twine wheel
+ run: pip install setuptools>=64,<75 setuptools_scm>=8 twine wheel
  - name: Build and publish
  env:
  TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.pypi_username }}

python/batch-predictor/requirements.txt

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ merlin-sdk==0.44.0
 mlflow==1.26.1
 pyarrow>=0.14.1,<11.0.0
 pyspark==3.0.1
+setuptools<75

python/pyfunc-server/requirements.txt

@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ merlin-sdk==0.44.0
 numpy>=1.8.2
 orjson>=2.6.8
 prometheus-client
+setuptools<75
 tornado
 uvloop