[3.12] Add link in the importlib.metadata.version() docs (GH-130739) (#130760)

miss-islington · timhoffm · web-flow · commit 257240e72392 · 2025-03-02T10:43:06.000Z
Add link in the `importlib.metadata.version()` docs (GH-130739) Link the specification for the returned data makes it clearer what this is and what the format of the version string can be. (cherry picked from commit c71e558) Co-authored-by: Tim Hoffmann <2836374+timhoffm@users.noreply.github.com>
diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst
@@ -266,8 +266,9 @@ Distribution versions
 
 .. function:: version(distribution_name)
 
-   Return the installed distribution package version for the named
-   distribution package.
+   Return the installed distribution package
+   `version <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/core-metadata/#version>`__
+   for the named distribution package.
 
    Raises :exc:`PackageNotFoundError` if the named distribution
    package is not installed in the current Python environment.
