[Python-modules-team] Bug#944913: python3-sphinx: Please update to Sphinx 2.2.1

[Dmitry Shachnev]

Hi Sandro!

On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 07:06:08PM -0500, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> Hey Dmitry,
> please note that the relatively old version of sphinx we have in
> Debian now makes it not possible to upgrade scikit-learn
> (https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/issues/16087#issuecomment-573092993),
> which we require to upgrade as the scikit-learn version we have in
> unstable now FTBFS due to other modules/libraries being upgraded,
> compatibility which is fixed in the new version and... you got the
> idea :)
>
> I understand it may be more work, but i suspect that splitting sphinx
> 1.8 and 2.* is probably the best way forward to allow continuous
> compatibility with already-existing packages and the upgrade of those
> modules that require a newer version.
>
> please let me know what you think

I am slowly working on Sphinx 2.x in Debian. It is quite tricky because some
builders have been split into separate modules on PyPI, so I need either to
package them separately or patch out dependencies on them.

As my time is limited, expect it to be ready in several weeks, not earlier.
After that I will see whether it’s possible to make it coexist with sphinx 1.8
for Python 2.

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Dmitry Shachnev