Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Python: bump minimum sphinx version to 3.4.3

[Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>]

On 03/07/2024 19.52, John Snow wrote:
> With RHEL 8 support retired (It's been two years since RHEL9 released),
> our very oldest build platform version of Sphinx is now 3.4.3; and
> keeping backwards compatibility for versions as old as v1.6 when using
> domain extensions is a lot of work we don't need to do.
> 
> This patch is motivated by my work creating a new QAPI domain, which
> unlike the dbus documentation, cannot be allowed to regress by creating
> a "dummy" doc when operating under older sphinx versions. Easier is to
> raise our minimum version as far as we can push it forwards, reducing my
> burden in creating cross-compatibility hacks and patches.
> 
> A sampling of sphinx versions from various distributions, courtesy
> https://repology.org/project/python:sphinx/versions
> 
> Alpine 3.16: v4.3.0 (QEMU support ended 2024-05-23)
> Alpine 3.17: v5.3.0
> Alpine 3.18: v6.1.3
> Alpine 3.19: v6.2.1
> Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: EOL
> Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: v4.3.2
> Ubuntu 22.10: EOL
> Ubuntu 23.04: EOL
> Ubuntu 23.10: v5.3.0
> Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: v7.2.6
> Debian 11: v3.4.3 (QEMU support ends 2024-07-xx)
> Debian 12: v5.3.0
> Fedora 38: EOL
> Fedora 39: v6.2.1
> Fedora 40: v7.2.6
> CentOS Stream 8: v1.7.6 (QEMU support ended 2024-05-17)
> CentOS Stream 9: v3.4.3
> OpenSUSE Leap 15.4: EOL
> OpenSUSE Leap 15.5: 2.3.1, 4.2.0 and 7.2.6
> 
> RHEL9 / CentOS Stream 9 becomes the new defining factor in staying at
> Sphinx 3.4.3 due to downstream offline build requirements that force us
> to use platform Sphinx instead of newer packages from PyPI.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
> Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Acked-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
> ---
>   docs/conf.py    | 7 +++----
>   pythondeps.toml | 2 +-
>   2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>