Changelog for python3-flit-core: 3.12.0 -> 4.0.2
Source: doc/history.rst

Version 4.0.2
-------------

- Fix invalid metadata files with ``Import-Name`` (:ghissue:`813`).

Version 4.0.1
-------------

No changes, but a new tag to trigger an upload to PyPI now that twine will
accept it.

Version 4.0
-----------

This version contains breaking changes, but most projects which are already
using the ``[project]`` table for metadata shouldn't be affected, and can simply
change the ``flit_core <4`` constraint to ``<5``.

- The ``[tool.flit.metadata]`` table is no longer used for project metadata
  (:ghpull:`771`). Use the newer :ref:`[project] table <pyproject_toml_project>`
  instead (or if that is not possible, build with ``flit_core <4``).
- :ref:`build_cmd` and :ref:`publish_cmd` no longer include files in the sdist
  based on what is committed in git or Mercurial (:ghpull:`772`). These commands
  now build packages more like Flit does when called as a backend by e.g.
  ``python -m build``. Specify :ref:`sdist include & exclude patterns
  <pyproject_toml_sdist>` instead (Flit can help to generate these), or pass
  the ``--use-vcs`` option to get the old behaviour back.
- ``flit_core`` now requires Python 3.8 or above (:ghpull:`738`)
- The ``--setup-py`` option to generate sdists containing a ``setup.py`` file
  is no longer available (:ghpull:`776`).
- Making typing stubs packages with a ``-stubs`` suffix will now work
  (:ghpull:`742`).
- The default glob patterns for license files have been extended to include
  ``NOTICE*`` and ``AUTHORS*`` (:ghpull:`758`).
- ``license-files`` glob patterns can contain spaces (:ghpull:`797`).
- Fix a bug where license files could be found twice on Windows (:ghpull:`752`).
- The new ``Import-Name`` and ``Import-Namespace`` metadata fields (metadata 2.5)
  are now supported (:ghpull:`774`). In most cases no new input is required,
  as Flit will create this metadata automatically.
- Fix creating RECORD files when file names include commas (:ghpull:`744`).
- The ``--use-vcs`` option now correctly recognises git from inside a git
  worktree folder (:ghpull:`799`).
- On Python 3.12 and above, ``flit build`` now uses the 'data' filter when
  extracting the just-created sdist prior to building a wheel (:ghpull:`775`).
  This restricts some special features of tar files, but sdists are unlikely
  to use these features, and they would probably break in other scenarios if
  you did.
- The vendorised ``readme_renderer`` package was updated to version 44.0
  (:ghpull:`760`).

- Flit will work with current development versions of Python again (:ghpull:`684`).
- The ``flit`` command line package now requires Python 3.8 or above (:ghpull:`660`).
- Flit now has a ``SECURITY.md`` file in the GitHub repository (:ghpull:`665`).
  new ``[tool.flit.metadata.urls]`` section of
  archive, such as from GitHub.