https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/cb3b4b98d8d141c9de0462a0fa7e227a2104c1c7 commit: cb3b4b98d8d141c9de0462a0fa7e227a2104c1c7 branch: main author: Jason R. Coombs <[email protected]> committer: jaraco <[email protected]> date: 2026-05-20T12:40:15-07:00 summary:
gh-143387: Add news blurb for importlib.metadata highlighting the change. (#150169) files: M Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst index f88ba4b1877c43..0a7a87d81e53dc 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst @@ -1207,6 +1207,19 @@ http.server (Contributed by Anton I. Sipos in :gh:`135057`.) +importlib.metadata +------------------ + +* Previously, when accessing a distribution metadata directory not + containing a metadata file, ``metadata()`` and ``Distribution.metadata()`` + would return an empty ``PackageMetadata`` object as if the file + was present but empty. Now, a ``MetadataNotFound`` exception is raised. + See `importlib_metadata#493 <https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata/issues/493>`_ + for background and rationale and and :gh:`143387` for rationale on the + compatibility concerns. + (Contributed by Jason R. Coombs.) + + inspect ------- _______________________________________________ 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]
