From e7e2348baea28ac845734fde856ebe11705eee58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stan Ulbrych Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:02:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [3.14] Remove dead links to `pkg_resources` in `importlib` docs (GH-148344) (cherry picked from commit 1b691564a785721dc71e230a9809dd37adff5f13) Co-authored-by: Stan Ulbrych --- Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst | 12 +++--------- Doc/library/importlib.resources.rst | 8 -------- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst index 12014309e26ec9..3d5f4420a4f382 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst @@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ the metadata of an installed `Distribution 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 @@ -588,7 +586,3 @@ packages served by the ``DatabaseImporter``, assuming that the The ``DatabaseDistribution`` may also provide other metadata files, like ``RECORD`` (required for ``Distribution.files``) or override the implementation of ``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 diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.resources.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.resources.rst index 46eab78a22b66a..45d42634f66292 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.resources.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.resources.rst @@ -39,14 +39,6 @@ for example, a package and its resources can be imported from a zip file using .. note:: - This module provides functionality similar to `pkg_resources - `_ `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 `_ and