* gh-121735: Fix module-adjacent references in zip files (GH-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.
(cherry picked from commit ba687d9481)
* gh-123994: Generate utf-16 file using little endian and BOM. (#123995)
Co-authored-by: Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>