Please address the comments from this code review:

## Overall Comments
- The Python version references are inconsistent: the Makefile comment mentions Python 3.9 while the Konflux Dockerfile installs Python 3.12 and the .python-version file is referenced as the source of truth; please align the comments and tooling so they clearly reflect and enforce a single required Python version.
- In ACTIVATE_PYTHON you explicitly pin pip/setuptools to versions noted as incompatible with Python 3.12 in the preceding comment; if Konflux is using Python 3.12, consider either relaxing these pins or updating them to versions known to work with 3.12 to avoid build-time import errors.

## Individual Comments

### Comment 1
<location path="operator/Makefile" line_range="15-19" />
<code_context>

-# Python binary to use for bundle helpers. Can be overridden to use a specific version (e.g., python3.12).
-# The Konflux build uses Python 3.12, so using python3.12 locally ensures compatibility.
+# Python binary to use for bundle helpers. Can be overridden to use a specific version (e.g., python3.9).
+# The Konflux build uses Python 3.9, so using python3.9 locally ensures compatibility.
 PYTHON ?= python3
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<issue_to_address>
**issue (bug_risk):** Pinned pip/setuptools versions are incompatible with Python 3.12 but the Konflux stack still uses 3.12, which is likely to break venv setup.

Konflux’s Dockerfile still installs and defaults to python3.12, while `ACTIVATE_PYTHON` now pins `pip==21.3.1` and `setuptools==59.6.0`, which you’ve noted don’t support Python 3.12 (`pkgutil.ImpImporter` removal). In that environment, `pip install` is likely to fail in `bundle-post-process` or `test-bundle-helpers`. Please either: (1) align the base image Python version with `.python-version` (e.g., 3.9), or (2) choose pip/setuptools versions compatible with Python 3.12, so the configuration is consistent and doesn’t break at runtime.
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### Comment 2
<location path="operator/konflux.bundle.Dockerfile" line_range="3-5" />
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-    alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.12 1
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:latest@sha256:69f5c9886ecb19b23e88275a5cd904c47dd982dfa370fbbd0c356d7b1047ef68 AS builder
+
+# This installs both PyYAML and Python.
+# The alternatives command ensures that the python3 command points to the installed Python 3.12, which is required by the bundle generation scripts.
+RUN microdnf -y install python3.12-pyyaml && alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.12 1

 COPY . /stackrox
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**issue (bug_risk):** Konflux image forces Python 3.12 while the Makefile tooling now assumes an older Python for pinned pip/setuptools versions.

This container forces `/usr/bin/python3` to be 3.12, but the Makefile’s `ACTIVATE_PYTHON` target pins `pip==21.3.1` and `setuptools==59.6.0`, which depend on `pkgutil.ImpImporter` removed in Python 3.12. That mismatch can break `bundle-post-process` and `test-bundle-helpers`. Please either align the image with the Python version in `bundle_helpers/.python-version` (and point `python3` there) or update the pinned pip/setuptools versions to ones compatible with 3.12.
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