Backport sys module docs involving import to 2.7

[brettcannon]

BPO	5529
Nosy	@brettcannon, @birkenfeld

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closed_at = <Date 2009-03-31.16:12:03.221>
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labels = ['type-feature', 'docs']
title = 'Backport sys module docs involving import to 2.7'
updated_at = <Date 2009-03-31.16:12:03.219>
user = 'https://github.com/brettcannon'

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priority = 'low'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue5529'
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[brettcannon]

The updated documentation in py3k involving the sys module and imports
(meta_path, path_hooks, and path_importer_cache) should get backported
to trunk. Slightly involved since there are glossary term references
that have not been backported.

[brettcannon]

Unassigning Georg as he does not need to do this if he doesn't want to.

[birkenfeld]

Oh, it's nice to have something to do at PyCon. :)

[birkenfeld]

Done in r70830.