Update python version but now we need to include setuptools on our own (

#6787)

TODO:
- [x] determine if this means we should technically add setuptools to
the requirements.txt

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     environment: release-env
 
     steps:
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         python release/check_release_version.py --release_version ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
     - name: Build DeepSpeed
       run: |
+        pip install setuptools
         DS_BUILD_STRING=" " python setup.py sdist
     - name: Publish to PyPI
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1