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Clean metadata (importlib_metadata 4.0) #88092
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| BPO | 43926 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @jaraco |
| PRs |
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assignee = 'https://github.com/jaraco'
closed_at = <Date 2021-05-03.01:26:11.294>
created_at = <Date 2021-04-23.20:45:44.450>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library', '3.10']
title = 'Clean metadata (importlib_metadata 4.0)'
updated_at = <Date 2021-05-03.01:26:11.293>
user = 'https://github.com/jaraco'bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2021-05-03.01:26:11.293>
actor = 'jaraco'
assignee = 'jaraco'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2021-05-03.01:26:11.294>
closer = 'jaraco'
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2021-04-23.20:45:44.450>
creator = 'jaraco'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 43926
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['391733', '392732']
nosy_count = 1.0
nosy_names = ['jaraco']
pr_nums = ['25565']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue43926'
versions = ['Python 3.10']
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jaraco commentedon Apr 23, 2021
importlib_metadata 4.0 introduced these important changes to the
metadatafunction:PackageMetadataas returned bymetadata()and
Distribution.metadata()now provides normalizedmetadata honoring PEP-566:
RFC 822 value, it can be retrieved as the
Descriptionfield.
such.
are removed. This backward-incompatible change means
that any projects relying on the RFC 822 line continuation
characters being present must be tolerant to them having
been removed.
jsonproperty that provides the metadataconverted to a JSON-compatible form per PEP-566.
These changes would be a nice addition to Python 3.10.
jaraco commentedon May 2, 2021
New changeset 37e0c78 by Jason R. Coombs in branch 'master':
bpo-43926: Cleaner metadata with PEP-566 JSON support. (GH-25565)
37e0c78