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| author | Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com> | 2021-05-27 23:36:06 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-05-27 23:36:06 (GMT) |
| commit | 28f12c9f4f39d283d823d81e311d863526dfdb54 (patch) | |
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bpo-44246: Update What's New for importlib.metadata. (#26408)
* bpo-44246: Update What's New for importlib.metadata.
Bump version of importlib_metadata included.
Add note about compatibility notice and fix link to entry_points documentation.
Add note about removal of access by index on Distribution.entry_points.
* Fix syntax mistake in issue reference.
Co-authored-by: Ken Jin <28750310+Fidget-Spinner@users.noreply.github.com>
* Fix broken reference in entry-points.
Co-authored-by: Ken Jin <28750310+Fidget-Spinner@users.noreply.github.com>
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst index 581db4f..8b6637b 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst @@ -1039,11 +1039,17 @@ and will be incorrect in some rare cases, including some ``_``-s in importlib.metadata ------------------ -Feature parity with ``importlib_metadata`` 3.7. +Feature parity with ``importlib_metadata`` 4.2 +(`history <https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html>`_). -:func:`importlib.metadata.entry_points` now provides a nicer experience +:ref:`importlib.metadata entry points <entry-points>` +now provides a nicer experience for selecting entry points by group and name through a new -:class:`importlib.metadata.EntryPoints` class. +:class:`importlib.metadata.EntryPoints` class. See the Compatibility +Note in the docs for more info on the deprecation and usage. +Incidentally, these changes also removed access by index on the +result of :func:`importlib.metadata.Distribution.entry_points` +(see :issue:`44246` for more detail). Added :func:`importlib.metadata.packages_distributions` for resolving top-level Python modules and packages to their |