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Date:   Fri, 11 Dec 2020 13:55:26 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:15:36 +0900
JaeSang Yoo <js.yoo.5b@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is this meaning that some people are using older Sphinx?
> Then, there's no chance to leave from Python2.

We still support Sphinx back to 1.3, though that's pushing forward to 1.7
shortly.  The virtualenv approach is recommended as a way to get a
relatively predictable setup, but we don't force it on people.

And yes, decisions to drop Python 2 support and support for older Sphinx
versions kind of go together.

Thanks,

jon