Merge branch 'main' into ghpython-93259/from-name-arg-validation-simple

Author: jaraco

importlib_metadata/__init__.py

@@ -560,12 +560,9 @@ def from_name(cls, name: str):
         """
         if not name:
             raise ValueError("A distribution name is required.")
-        for resolver in cls._discover_resolvers():
-            dists = resolver(DistributionFinder.Context(name=name))
-            dist = next(iter(dists), None)
-            if dist is not None:
-                return dist
-        else:
+        try:
+            return next(cls.discover(name=name))
+        except StopIteration:
             raise PackageNotFoundError(name)
 
     @classmethod

importlib_metadata/_compat.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 try:
     from typing import Protocol
 except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    # Python 3.7 compatibility
     from typing_extensions import Protocol  # type: ignore