Add news fragments

pypa · Nov 4, 2024 · 0fe2e06 · 0fe2e06
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diff --git a/newsfragments/4718.feature.1.rst b/newsfragments/4718.feature.1.rst
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+Require Python 3.9 or later.
diff --git a/newsfragments/4718.feature.2.rst b/newsfragments/4718.feature.2.rst
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+Remove dependency on ``importlib_resources``
+and the vendored copy of the library.
+Instead, ``setuptools`` consistently rely on stdlib's ``importlib.resources``
+(available on Python 3.9+).
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+Setuptools' ``bdist_wheel`` implementation no longer produces wheels with
+the ``m`` SOABI flag (pymalloc-related).
+This flag was removed on Python 3.8+ (see :obj:`sys.abiflags`).