linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/6] Raise the bar with regards to Python and Sphinx requirements

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Message-ID: <m2zfj87ij9.fsf@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 09:33:30 +0000
From: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Cc: Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,  "Jonathan Corbet"
 <corbet@....net>,  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,  Bill Wendling
 <morbo@...gle.com>,  Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>,  Nick
 Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,  bpf@...r.kernel.org,
  llvm@...ts.linux.dev,  workflows@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/6] Raise the bar with regards to Python and Sphinx
 requirements

Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org> writes:

> This series comes after https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/87a5b96296.fsf@trenco.lwn.net/T/#t
> It  increases the minimal requirements for Sphinx and Python.
>
> Sphinx release dates:
>
> 	Release 2.4.0 (released Feb 09, 2020)
> 	Release 2.4.4 (released Mar 05, 2020) (current minimal requirement)
> 	Release 3.4.0 (released Dec 20, 2020)
> 	Release 3.4.3 (released Jan 08, 2021)
>
> 	(https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/changes/index.html)

It's worth mentioning here that my fix for the C performance regression
landed in Sphinx 7.4.0. All versions from 3.0.0 to 7.3.x are much slower
for building the kernel docs. See #12162 here:

https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/changes/7.4.html#id7