Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Address some issues with sphinx detection

Tomasz Warniełło
2022-08-01T23:30:32Z

On Sat, 2 Jul 2022 11:11:24 +0100
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org> wrote:

> There are two options to install Sphinx:
>
> - via distro-provided packages;
> - via pip, using virtualenv/venv.

There are countless ways to install any software. So much for my entrée.

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I don't know this script. Just what I've read in this thread and what I could
extract from it in no more than ten minutes. I understand what it does - or
rather I do just approximately. And alright! Why not help the Gentoos and
Fedoras and Etc's. Noble.

But - wouldn't it be million times easier for all parties to base the support
on a Dockerfile? Or a script producing the right Dockerfile possibly,
considering matters like Java Script opt- ins and outs. If this is not a
cheap pedantry in this context. I don't know.

These here bases look quite official:

https://hub.docker.com/u/sphinxdoc

(Not that I've used them or know them.)

The admins of whichever distribution will find their ways in the mesh, raw
requirements suffice.

The non-admins may have problems with installing software and also running
Docker, as that provides su powers in the straight scenario. `pip` comes as
an alternative, if I'm not wrong. So maybe this pair is the golden arrow?

--thanks
T