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diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst index 8081ebfe48bc..607589592bfb 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Sphinx Install ============== The ReST markups currently used by the Documentation/ files are meant to be -built with ``Sphinx`` version 2.4.4 or higher. +built with ``Sphinx`` version 3.4.3 or higher. There's a script that checks for the Sphinx requirements. Please see :ref:`sphinx-pre-install` for further details. @@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ with your distributions. In order to do so, it is recommended to install Sphinx inside a virtual environment, using ``virtualenv-3`` or ``virtualenv``, depending on how your distribution packaged Python 3. -.. note:: - - #) It is recommended to use the RTD theme for html output. Depending - on the Sphinx version, it should be installed separately, - with ``pip install sphinx_rtd_theme``. - In summary, if you want to install the latest version of Sphinx, you should do:: @@ -137,6 +131,29 @@ It supports two optional parameters: ``--no-virtualenv`` Use OS packaging for Sphinx instead of Python virtual environment. +Installing Sphinx Minimal Version +--------------------------------- + +When changing Sphinx build system, it is important to ensure that +the minimal version will still be supported. Nowadays, it is +becoming harder to do that on modern distributions, as it is not +possible to install with Python 3.13 and above. + +Testing with the lowest supported Python version as defined at +Documentation/process/changes.rst can be done by creating +a venv with it with, and install minimal requirements with:: + + /usr/bin/python3.9 -m venv sphinx_min + . sphinx_min/bin/activate + pip install -r Documentation/sphinx/min_requirements.txt + +A more comprehensive test can be done by using: + + scripts/test_doc_build.py + +Such script create one Python venv per supported version, +optionally building documentation for a range of Sphinx versions. + Sphinx Build ============ @@ -162,6 +179,12 @@ By default, the "Alabaster" theme is used to build the HTML documentation; this theme is bundled with Sphinx and need not be installed separately. The Sphinx theme can be overridden by using the ``DOCS_THEME`` make variable. +.. note:: + + Some people might prefer to use the RTD theme for html output. + Depending on the Sphinx version, it should be installed separately, + with ``pip install sphinx_rtd_theme``. + There is another make variable ``SPHINXDIRS``, which is useful when test building a subset of documentation. For example, you can build documents under ``Documentation/doc-guide`` by running |