bpo-44638: Add a reference to the zipp project and hint as to how to use it. (GH...

Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:jaraco

diff --git a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
index 42fe27b9e1e47f4782a49a8ab93d39efc1673546..19a67ab694cb9695318b162b413d4d83ac177067 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
@@ -566,6 +566,10 @@ Path objects are traversable using the ``/`` operator or ``joinpath``.
       Prior to 3.10, ``joinpath`` was undocumented and accepted
       exactly one parameter.
 
+The `zipp <https://pypi.org/project/zipp>`_ project provides backports
+of the latest path object functionality to older Pythons. Use
+``zipp.Path`` in place of ``zipfile.Path`` for early access to
+changes.
 
 .. _pyzipfile-objects:
 

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-07-16-08-57-27.bpo-44638.EwYKne.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-07-16-08-57-27.bpo-44638.EwYKne.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..eeaa91c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-07-16-08-57-27.bpo-44638.EwYKne.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add a reference to the zipp project and hint as to how to use it.