https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/78d9a9b1904f0e1d9db1e941c19782f4f5a... commit: 78d9a9b1904f0e1d9db1e941c19782f4f5a881d4 branch: main author: Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com> committer: jaraco <jaraco@jaraco.com> date: 2021-05-31T12:29:24-04:00 summary: bpo-44246: Remove note about access by index now that a compatibility shim is offered. (GH-26472) files: M Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst index 8b6637b4474563..5b5903cb059356 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst @@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ and will be incorrect in some rare cases, including some ``_``-s in importlib.metadata ------------------ -Feature parity with ``importlib_metadata`` 4.2 +Feature parity with ``importlib_metadata`` 4.4 (`history <https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html>`_). :ref:`importlib.metadata entry points <entry-points>` @@ -1047,9 +1047,6 @@ now provides a nicer experience for selecting entry points by group and name through a new :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