bpo-44246: Remove note about access by index now that a compatibility shim is offered. (GH-26472) (#26473)
(cherry picked from commit 78d9a9b1904f0e1d9db1e941c19782f4f5a881d4)
Co-authored-by: Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Co-authored-by: Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
index 1297a81..1bf4451 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@
importlib.metadata
------------------
-Feature parity with ``importlib_metadata`` 4.2
+Feature parity with ``importlib_metadata`` 4.4
(`history <https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html>`_).
:ref:`importlib.metadata entry points <entry-points>`
@@ -1047,9 +1047,6 @@
for selecting entry points by group and name through a new
:class:`importlib.metadata.EntryPoints` class. See the Compatibility
Note in the docs for more info on the deprecation and usage.
-Incidentally, these changes also removed access by index on the
-result of :func:`importlib.metadata.Distribution.entry_points`
-(see :issue:`44246` for more detail).
Added :func:`importlib.metadata.packages_distributions` for resolving
top-level Python modules and packages to their
