Add importlib.metadata to what's new. (#13855)

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
index 8456a17aedcc0ded6e6e5dad1f181d7322c94fbd..bf75387d9517f3f978c5777919fad4c92ece74de 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -330,7 +330,10 @@ Other Language Changes
 New Modules
 ===========
 
-* None yet.
+* The new :mod:`importlib.metadata` module provides (provisional) support for
+  reading metadata from third-party packages.  For example, you can extract an
+  installed package's version number, list of entry points, and more.  See
+  :issue:`34632` for additional details.
 
 
 Improved Modules