Add history entries to pages with updated links

Author: ncoghlan

source/specifications/core-metadata.rst

@@ -1071,6 +1071,9 @@ History
 - October 2025: Clarified that ``License-Expression`` applies to the containing
   distribution file and not the project itself.
 
+- January 2026: Replaced outdated direct reference to :pep:`508` with a
+  reference to :ref:`dependency-specifiers`.
+
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source/specifications/dependency-specifiers.rst

@@ -663,7 +663,8 @@ History
   tool behaviour recommendations for publishing tools vs installation tools.
   This brought the nominal specification into line with the way tools actually
   work. [#marker_comparison_logic]_
-- January 2026: fix outdated references inadvertently retained from :pep:`508`
+- January 2026: fix outdated references to other documents that were
+  inadvertently retained from :pep:`508`
 
 
 References

source/specifications/entry-points.rst

@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ History
 - October 2017: This specification was written to formalize the existing
   entry points feature of setuptools (discussion_).
 
+- January 2026: Replaced outdated direct references to :pep:`508` and
+  :pep:`685` with a reference to :ref:`dependency-specifiers`.
 
 
 .. _discussion: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2017-October/031585.html

source/specifications/pyproject-toml.rst

@@ -672,4 +672,7 @@ History
 - October 2025: The ``import-names`` and ``import-namespaces`` keys were added
   through :pep:`794`.
 
+- January 2026: Replaced outdated direct reference to :pep:`508` with a
+  reference to :ref:`dependency-specifiers`.
+
 .. _TOML: https://toml.io