Re: [PATCH v3 15/15] docs: conf.py: Check Sphinx and docutils version

[Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>]

Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> writes:

> Em Sun, 22 Jun 2025 14:58:04 -0600
> Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> escreveu:
>
>> Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 08:02:44 +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:  
>> >> As reported by Akira, there were incompatibility issues with
>> >> Sphinx and docutils with docutils 0.19. There's already
>> >> a fix for it, but, as there are incompatibility issues with
>> >> different versions, better to add a check to verify if the
>> >> combination is supported/tested.
>> >>   
>> >
>> > I've been skeptical of adding such checks in conf.py.  
>> 
>> I have to kind of agree with this concern.  We have managed without this
>> complexity so far.  It looks like we could always be behind on
>> maintaining it going forward.  Do we *really* need this one?
>
> IMO having a check is interesting, as the dependency between
> Sphinx and docutils is high. Yet, with the testing script, this may
> not be needed, provided that we run it to check if changes at Sphinx
> extensions won't cause regressions. Still, the dependency check
> at test_doc_build.py is not complete.
>
> Anyway, if you prefer, don't pick this one. We can revisit it later
> when needed.

I've left it out for now, but applied the rest of the series.  Keep it
around, we may yet decide we need it...

Thanks,

jon