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Subject: [3.12] gh-111301: Advertise importlib methods removal in What's new in Python 3.12... 
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[3.12] gh-111301: Advertise importlib methods removal in What's new in Python 3.12 (GH-111630) (GH-114187)

(cherry picked from commit f49752552e673e5192f22eae0076b2650c7d6afc)

Co-authored-by: Karolina Surma <33810531+befeleme@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
index 78b85f671627..e442490f75b6 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -1374,6 +1374,18 @@ APIs:
 * :meth:`!unittest.TestProgram.usageExit` (:gh:`67048`)
 * :class:`!webbrowser.MacOSX` (:gh:`86421`)
 * :class:`classmethod` descriptor chaining (:gh:`89519`)
+* :mod:`importlib.resources` deprecated methods:
+
+  * ``contents()``
+  * ``is_resource()``
+  * ``open_binary()``
+  * ``open_text()``
+  * ``path()``
+  * ``read_binary()``
+  * ``read_text()``
+
+  Use :func:`importlib.resources.files()` instead.  Refer to `importlib-resources: Migrating from Legacy
+  <https://importlib-resources.readthedocs.io/en/latest/using.html#migrating-from-legacy>`_ (:gh:`106531`)
 
 Pending Removal in Python 3.14
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