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12 changes: 3 additions & 9 deletions Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst
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Expand Up @@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ the metadata of an installed `Distribution Package <https://packaging.python.org
such as its entry points
or its top-level names (`Import Package <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/glossary/#term-Import-Package>`_\s, modules, if any).
Built in part on Python's import system, this library
intends to replace similar functionality in the `entry point
API`_ and `metadata API`_ of ``pkg_resources``. Along with
:mod:`importlib.resources`,
this package can eliminate the need to use the older and less efficient
``pkg_resources`` package.
provides the entry point and metadata APIs that were previously
exposed by the now-removed ``pkg_resources`` package. Along with
:mod:`importlib.resources`, it supersedes ``pkg_resources``.

``importlib.metadata`` operates on third-party *distribution packages*
installed into Python's ``site-packages`` directory via tools such as
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -717,7 +715,3 @@ packages served by the ``DatabaseImporter``, assuming that the
The ``DatabaseDistribution`` may also provide other metadata files, like
``RECORD`` (required for :attr:`!Distribution.files`) or override the
implementation of :attr:`!Distribution.files`. See the source for more inspiration.


.. _`entry point API`: https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html#entry-points
.. _`metadata API`: https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html#metadata-api
8 changes: 0 additions & 8 deletions Doc/library/importlib.resources.rst
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Expand Up @@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ for example, a package and its resources can be imported from a zip file using

.. note::

This module provides functionality similar to `pkg_resources
<https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html>`_ `Basic
Resource Access
<https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html#basic-resource-access>`_
without the performance overhead of that package. This makes reading
resources included in packages easier, with more stable and consistent
semantics.

The standalone backport of this module provides more information
on `using importlib.resources
<https://importlib-resources.readthedocs.io/en/latest/using.html>`_ and
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