[3.10] bpo-44246: Update What's New for importlib.metadata. (GH-26408) (GH-26415)

* [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>
(cherry picked from commit 28f12c9f4f39d283d823d81e311d863526dfdb54)

Co-authored-by: Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:jaraco

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
index f828415ee0641825eaaa08d0527976f67d4f0434..1297a8168f4c219a4e3ded0724350b2508682831 100644 (file)
--- 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 <https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html>`_).
 
-:func:`importlib.metadata.entry_points` now provides a nicer experience
+:ref:`importlib.metadata entry points <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