On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 18:48:30 +0200 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The Sphinx check script is already smart enough to keep > working, with older versions, warning the users that > an upgrade is recommended (and explaining how): > > Sphinx version 1.7.9 > Warning: It is recommended at least Sphinx version 2.4.4. > Detected OS: Fedora release 31 (Thirty One). > > To upgrade Sphinx, use: > > /usr/bin/virtualenv sphinx_2.4.4 > . sphinx_2.4.4/bin/activate > pip install -r ./Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt Sigh...that version is all of a month and some old. I hate to be pushing people that hard on the upgrade treadmill. I'm still looking over the set, and will probably apply this, but I think we should consider tweaking this before 5.8: - Can we make the warning more explicit that 2.4.4 is needed *if you are generating PDF*? Most people, I think, don't do that, and can live happily with an older version. - Perhaps the time has come to raise the lower bound to, say, 1.7? That might let us get rid of a bit of cruft. Thanks, jon
