[Python-checkins] bpo-44246: Remove note about access by index now that a compatibility shim is offered. (GH-26472) (#26473)

[jaraco]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d0991e2db3bb932e2411ee9dca54fd69ff2611c4
commit: d0991e2db3bb932e2411ee9dca54fd69ff2611c4
branch: 3.10
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: jaraco <jaraco at jaraco.com>
date: 2021-05-31T18:29:08-04:00
summary:

bpo-44246: Remove note about access by index now that a compatibility shim is offered. (GH-26472) (#26473)

(cherry picked from commit 78d9a9b1904f0e1d9db1e941c19782f4f5a881d4)

Co-authored-by: Jason R. Coombs <jaraco at jaraco.com>

Co-authored-by: Jason R. Coombs <jaraco at jaraco.com>

files:
M Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
index 1297a8168f4c21..1bf44511e21f68 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