From: Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:14:54 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: bpo-44638: Add a reference to the zipp project and hint as to how to use it. (GH... 
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bpo-44638: Add a reference to the zipp project and hint as to how to use it. (GH-27188)



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diff --git a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
index 42fe27b9e1e4..19a67ab694cb 100644
--- 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
index 000000000000..eeaa91c16c4c
--- /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.