New submission from Jason R. Coombs <jar...@jaraco.com>:
[importlib_metadata 4.0](https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html#v4-0-0) introduced these important changes to the `metadata` function: ``PackageMetadata`` as returned by ``metadata()`` and ``Distribution.metadata()`` now provides normalized metadata honoring PEP 566: - If a long description is provided in the payload of the RFC 822 value, it can be retrieved as the ``Description`` field. - Any multi-line values in the metadata will be returned as such. - For any multi-line values, line continuation characters 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. - Add a ``json`` property that provides the metadata converted to a JSON-compatible form per PEP 566. These changes would be a nice addition to Python 3.10. ---------- assignee: jaraco components: Library (Lib) messages: 391733 nosy: jaraco priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Clean metadata (importlib_metadata 4.0) type: enhancement versions: Python 3.10 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue43926> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
