From 28f12c9f4f39d283d823d81e311d863526dfdb54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jason R. Coombs" Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 19:36:06 -0400 Subject: 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> --- Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file 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 `_). -:func:`importlib.metadata.entry_points` now provides a nicer experience +:ref:`importlib.metadata 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 -- cgit v0.12