From: Barry Warsaw Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 02:40:19 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Add importlib.metadata to what's new. (#13855) X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4867eaa294c5f5fb360e111d54f3543d502b4f46;p=python Add importlib.metadata to what's new. (#13855) --- diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst index 8456a17aed..bf75387d95 100644 --- 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