prefixes argument to site.getsitepackages() missing documentation

[asnelling]

BPO	46826
Nosy	@asnelling
PRs	gh-90982: document prefixes argument on site.getsitepackages #31546

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title = 'prefixes argument to site.getsitepackages() missing documentation'
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Linked PRs

• [3.15] gh-90982: Document prefixes argument on site.getsitepackages (GH-31546) #155643
• [3.14] gh-90982: Document prefixes argument on site.getsitepackages (GH-31546) #155644
• [3.13] gh-90982: Document prefixes argument on site.getsitepackages (GH-31546) #155645
• gh-90982: Use the standard wording in the site.getsitepackages() versionchanged #155654

[asnelling]

The documentation for site.getsitepackages() makes no mention of the "prefixes" argument, introduced in v3.3.

I'll put together a pull request in the next day or so to add this to the docs.