https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/1b691564a785721dc71e230a9809dd37adff5f13 commit: 1b691564a785721dc71e230a9809dd37adff5f13 branch: main author: Stan Ulbrych <[email protected]> committer: FFY00 <[email protected]> date: 2026-04-10T17:02:00+01:00 summary:
Remove dead links to `pkg_resources` in `importlib` docs (#148344) files: M Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst M Doc/library/importlib.resources.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst index cc426326b29932..63de4f91f4ba5f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst @@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ the metadata of an installed `Distribution Package <https://packaging.python.org such as its entry points or its top-level names (`Import Package <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/glossary/#term-Import-Package>`_\s, modules, if any). Built in part on Python's import system, this library -intends to replace similar functionality in the `entry point -API`_ and `metadata API`_ of ``pkg_resources``. Along with -:mod:`importlib.resources`, -this package can eliminate the need to use the older and less efficient -``pkg_resources`` package. +provides the entry point and metadata APIs that were previously +exposed by the now-removed ``pkg_resources`` package. Along with +:mod:`importlib.resources`, it supersedes ``pkg_resources``. ``importlib.metadata`` operates on third-party *distribution packages* installed into Python's ``site-packages`` directory via tools such as @@ -717,7 +715,3 @@ packages served by the ``DatabaseImporter``, assuming that the The ``DatabaseDistribution`` may also provide other metadata files, like ``RECORD`` (required for :attr:`!Distribution.files`) or override the implementation of :attr:`!Distribution.files`. See the source for more inspiration. - - -.. _`entry point API`: https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html#entry-points -.. _`metadata API`: https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html#metadata-api diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.resources.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.resources.rst index 20297f9fe307b5..6bad0c4a9312d1 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.resources.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.resources.rst @@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ for example, a package and its resources can be imported from a zip file using .. note:: - This module provides functionality similar to `pkg_resources - <https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html>`_ `Basic - Resource Access - <https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html#basic-resource-access>`_ - without the performance overhead of that package. This makes reading - resources included in packages easier, with more stable and consistent - semantics. - The standalone backport of this module provides more information on `using importlib.resources <https://importlib-resources.readthedocs.io/en/latest/using.html>`_ and _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: [email protected]
