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+All packaging metadata except from `__version__` and `__version_info__` has been removed.
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+Please use [`importlib.metadata`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.metadata.html) or [`importlib_metadata`](https://pypi.org/project/importlib-metadata/) instead.