GH-65961: Document the deprecation of __package__ and __cached__ (GH-124377)

brettcannon · web-flow · commit 67201ad53ff1 · 2024-09-23T14:14:33.000-07:00
The code changes for warning related to `__package__` landed in Python 3.12. `__cached__` doesn't have any changes as it isn't used but only set by the import system.
diff --git a/Doc/deprecations/pending-removal-in-3.14.rst b/Doc/deprecations/pending-removal-in-3.14.rst
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ Pending Removal in Python 3.14
 * :mod:`email`: Deprecated the *isdst* parameter in :func:`email.utils.localtime`.
   (Contributed by Alan Williams in :gh:`72346`.)
 
-* :mod:`importlib`: ``__package__`` and ``__cached__`` will cease to be set or
-  taken into consideration by the import system (:gh:`97879`).
-
 * :mod:`importlib.abc` deprecated classes:
 
   * :class:`!importlib.abc.ResourceReader`
diff --git a/Doc/deprecations/pending-removal-in-3.15.rst b/Doc/deprecations/pending-removal-in-3.15.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ Pending Removal in Python 3.15
   * The :option:`!--cgi` flag to the :program:`python -m http.server`
     command-line interface has been deprecated since Python 3.13.
 
+* :mod:`importlib`: ``__package__`` and ``__cached__`` will cease to be set or
+  taken into consideration by the import system (:gh:`97879`).
+
 * :class:`locale`:
 
   * The :func:`~locale.getdefaultlocale` function
diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
@@ -1237,8 +1237,8 @@ find and load modules.
    .. attribute:: has_location
 
    ``True`` if the spec's :attr:`origin` refers to a loadable location,
-    ``False`` otherwise.  This value impacts how :attr:`origin` is interpreted
-    and how the module's :attr:`__file__` is populated.
+   ``False`` otherwise.  This value impacts how :attr:`origin` is interpreted
+   and how the module's :attr:`__file__` is populated.
 
 
 .. class:: AppleFrameworkLoader(name, path)
diff --git a/Doc/reference/import.rst b/Doc/reference/import.rst
@@ -596,6 +596,10 @@ listed below.
       Raise :exc:`DeprecationWarning` instead of :exc:`ImportWarning`
       when falling back to ``__package__``.
 
+   .. deprecated-removed:: 3.13 3.15
+      ``__package__`` will cease to be set or taken into consideration
+      by the import system or standard library.
+
 
 .. attribute:: __spec__
 
@@ -653,6 +657,10 @@ listed below.
    It is **strongly** recommended that you rely on :attr:`__spec__`
    instead of ``__cached__``.
 
+   .. deprecated-removed:: 3.13 3.15
+      ``__cached__`` will cease to be set or taken into consideration
+      by the import system or standard library.
+
 .. _package-path-rules:
 
 module.__path__
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-23-13-25-27.gh-issue-65961.LDqXV2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-23-13-25-27.gh-issue-65961.LDqXV2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deprecate the setting and using ``__package__`` and ``__cached__``.

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