gh-121735: Fix module-adjacent references in zip files (#123037)

* gh-116608: Apply style and compatibility changes from importlib_metadata.

* gh-121735: Ensure module-adjacent resources are loadable from a zipfile.

* gh-121735: Allow all modules to be processed by the ZipReader.

* Add blurb

* Remove update-zips script, unneeded.

* Remove unnecessary references to removed static fixtures.

* Remove zipdata fixtures, unused.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/zipimport.py b/Lib/zipimport.py
index 7ceae2b7387..e5192c4d074 100644
--- a/Lib/zipimport.py
+++ b/Lib/zipimport.py
@@ -256,17 +256,9 @@ class zipimporter(_bootstrap_external._LoaderBasics):
 
 
     def get_resource_reader(self, fullname):
-        """Return the ResourceReader for a package in a zip file.
-
-        If 'fullname' is a package within the zip file, return the
-        'ResourceReader' object for the package.  Otherwise return None.
-        """
-        try:
-            if not self.is_package(fullname):
-                return None
-        except ZipImportError:
-            return None
+        """Return the ResourceReader for a module in a zip file."""
         from importlib.readers import ZipReader
+
         return ZipReader(self, fullname)