Backwards compatibility for kernel utils module #2923

Job	Run time
macOS with Python 3.11.1	11m 24s
Static checks	1m 37s
Windows with Python 3.9	39s
Build Egg for Python 3.8	9s
Windows with Python 3.10.0	2m 20s
Experimental checks	18s
Build Egg for Python 3.9	15s
Build Package (wheel/tarball) for Python 3.8	54s
Windows with Python 3.11	55s
Build Egg for Python 3.10.0	14s
Build Package (wheel/tarball) for Python 3.9	1m 1s
Windows with Python 3.12.0	1m 54s
Build Egg for Python 3.11	9s
Build Package (wheel/tarball) for Python 3.10.0	2m 17s
Smokecheck on Linux with Python 3.8	27s
Build Egg for Python 3.12.0	18s
Build Package (wheel/tarball) for Python 3.11	58s
Smokecheck on Linux with Python 3.9	25s
Build Package (wheel/tarball) for Python 3.12.0	1m 7s
Smokecheck on Linux with Python 3.10.0	38s
Version task debian:11.0	35s
Smokecheck on Linux with Python 3.11	1m 35s
Version task debian:12.4	1m 56s
Smokecheck on Linux with Python 3.12.0	31s
Version task fedora:37	2m 57s
Version task fedora:38	2m 34s
Version task ubi:8.8	1m 48s
Version task ubi:9.2	22s
Version task ubuntu:22.04	2m 4s
Egg task debian:11.0	20s
Egg task debian:12.4	19s
Egg task fedora:38	47s
Egg task fedora:37	1m 2s
Egg task ubi:8.8	16s
Egg task ubi:9.2	15s
Egg task ubuntu:20.04	20s
Egg task ubuntu:22.04	17s
Podman Egg task	13s
Version task ubuntu:20.04	28s
Fedora develop install/uninstall task	2m 19s
Fedora selftests	7m 52s
Podman spawner with 3rd party runner plugin	50s
Linux with Python 3.8	8m 11s
Linux with Python 3.9	8m 42s
Linux with Python 3.10.0	9m 14s
Linux with Python 3.11	9m 29s
Linux with Python 3.12.0	8m 58s
	1h 42m 13s

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