From f6954cdfc50060a54318fb2aea4d80408381243a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:56:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] bpo-44613: Make importlib.metadata non-provisional (#27101)

* importlib.metadata is no longer provisional as of 3.10
* Add NEWS entry
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 Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst                          | 6 ++----
 .../Documentation/2021-07-12-11-39-20.bpo-44613.DIXNzc.rst  | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-07-12-11-39-20.bpo-44613.DIXNzc.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst
index 9bedee5af28..c43457a3850 100644
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst
@@ -8,13 +8,11 @@
    :synopsis: The implementation of the importlib metadata.
 
 .. versionadded:: 3.8
+.. versionchanged:: 3.10
+   ``importlib.metadata`` is no longer provisional.
 
 **Source code:** :source:`Lib/importlib/metadata.py`
 
-.. note::
-   This functionality is provisional and may deviate from the usual
-   version semantics of the standard library.
-
 ``importlib.metadata`` is a library that provides for access to installed
 package metadata.  Built in part on Python's import system, this library
 intends to replace similar functionality in the `entry point
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-07-12-11-39-20.bpo-44613.DIXNzc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-07-12-11-39-20.bpo-44613.DIXNzc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..baf59107362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-07-12-11-39-20.bpo-44613.DIXNzc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+importlib.metadata is no longer provisional.