Re: [PATCH 00/15] Translate sphinx-pre-install to Python

[Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>]

Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Mauro,
>
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:34:48 +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> [...]
>
>> The test script also ran the install procedure for system,
>> venv and native Sphinx install.
>
> Which install procedure did you test?  The short one with the "--no-pdf"
> option?
>
> I am asking because installing the full list of packages in podman run
> of opensuse/leap:15.6 didn't complete successfully for me.
>
> And by the look of things, you stopped at installation, because you are
> well aware of all the issues in running "make htmldocs" and its friends
> after the install.
>
> I assume you (or somebody else) are going to update the script once this
> series is applied to make the suggested lists of packages be useful for
> newcomers.

Thanks for testing this out.

My question would be: are the results somehow worse than those provided
by the existing, Perl script?  If this change regresses things, we
obviously do not want to proceed.  If it reproduces the old behavior in
a more maintainable language, then hopefully it is a step toward fixing
things in the long run ... ?

Thanks,

jon