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Title: Sphinx conf.py needs_version entry is outdated
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Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: docs@python, mdk, terry.reedy, timhoffm
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Created on 2021-01-04 01:28 by timhoffm, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin.

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msg384305 - (view) Author: Tim Hoffmann (timhoffm) * Date: 2021-01-04 01:28
The sphinx conf.py entry `needs_version=1.8` (https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/1470edd6131c29b8a09ce012cdfee3afa269d553/Doc/conf.py#L48)

is not in sync with the doc build requirements (https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/1470edd6131c29b8a09ce012cdfee3afa269d553/Doc/requirements.txt#L6)

Possible solutions:
a) Drop the `needs_version` config value. It's optional.
b) Make sure to update both places.
c) Or at minimum add a comment that `needs_version` is only a safeguard against very old sphinx versions but is not necessarily sufficient to build.
msg384697 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2021-01-08 23:35
This is related to #42843, which is about deciding what the min sphinx should be.  Since the alternative to 3.2 is some 2.x, 1,8 is certainly wrong.
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