From 4867eaa294c5f5fb360e111d54f3543d502b4f46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Barry Warsaw Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 19:40:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add importlib.metadata to what's new. (#13855) --- Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 -- 2.40.0