https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/257240e7239264b89916c76fb75c6f5f04e... commit: 257240e7239264b89916c76fb75c6f5f04e189cc branch: 3.12 author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> committer: picnixz <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com> date: 2025-03-02T10:43:06Z summary: [3.12] Add link in the `importlib.metadata.version()` docs (GH-130739) (#130760) Add link in the `importlib.metadata.version()` docs (GH-130739) Link the specification for the returned data makes it clearer what this is and what the format of the version string can be. (cherry picked from commit c71e55869e7bc56b2bd04f3055f810026a66c076) Co-authored-by: Tim Hoffmann <2836374+timhoffm@users.noreply.github.com> files: M Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst index 4b9b4ca939fc11..5dcaabba9f1661 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst @@ -266,8 +266,9 @@ Distribution versions .. function:: version(distribution_name) - Return the installed distribution package version for the named - distribution package. + Return the installed distribution package + `version <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/core-metadata/#version>`__ + for the named distribution package. Raises :exc:`PackageNotFoundError` if the named distribution package is not installed in the current Python environment.