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Document packages_distributions metadata fallback - #544

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Document packages_distributions metadata fallback#544
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Summary

  • Document how packages_distributions() uses the legacy top_level.txt metadata when present and falls back to installed-file inference.
  • Explain why build backends are not required to provide top_level.txt and why mappings can be incomplete.
  • Add the required release news fragment.

Fixes#526

Testing

  • uv run --project . --python /opt/homebrew/bin/python3.14 --extra test pytest -q tests/test_api.py — 37 passed, 39 subtests passed
  • uv run --project . --extra doc python -m sphinx -W --keep-going docs /tmp/codex-oss-next5.2ZwarK/importlib-docs-build — passed
  • git diff --check

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packages_distributions relies on setuptools implementation detail

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