importlib_metadata: Library to access the metadata for a Python package#

Description#

This is a backport package, supplying access to the functionality of importlib.metadata including improvements added to subsequent Python versions.

License#

Apache Software License

Upstream Contact#

Type#

standard

Dependencies#

Version Information#

package-version.txt:

7.0.1

version_requirements.txt:

importlib_metadata >=4.13; python_version<'3.11'

Equivalent System Packages#

$ sudo pacman -S python-importlib-metadata
$ conda install importlib_metadata
$ sudo apt-get install python3-importlib-metadata
$ sudo yum install python-importlib-metadata
$ sudo pkg install devel/py-importlib-metadata
$ sudo emerge dev-python/importlib_metadata
$ sudo zypper install python3\$\{PYTHON_MINOR\}-importlib-metadata
$ sudo xbps-install python3-importlib_metadata

See https://repology.org/project/python:importlib-metadata/versions

If the system package is installed and if the (experimental) option --enable-system-site-packages is passed to ./configure, then ./configure will check if the system package can be used.