Em Mon, 19 Jun 2017 07:46:53 -0600 Jonathan Corbet <cor...@lwn.net> escreveu:
> On Mon, 19 Jun 2017 06:08:37 -0700 > Christoph Hellwig <h...@infradead.org> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 08:24:10AM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > > > As the Sphinx build seems very fragile, specially for > > > PDF output, add a notice about how to use it on a virtual > > > environment. > > > > Please don't. python venv are good at one thing only, and that is > > making a mess of your python module path. Don't ever use them on a > > system that has proper package management. > > Well, they are also good for running specific versions of a given package > without disrupting the setup of your system as a whole, and when even a > system with proper package management may not offer the version you need. Yes. Based on my experience with Sphinx, upgrading it to a new version is painful, as it can cause regressions on docs build. Also, when a new version is released, the previously stable version becomes abandoned. Not even trivial and/or compatibility fixes are accepted against old versions. So, at least for me, it works best if an specific version is installed inside a virtual environment, as it won't cause problems when I update other packages on my distro. The one I'm using here is version 1.4.9 (the latest 1.4.x version). Right now, vesion 1.5.x require a series of patches from Jon to fix PDF build, and more stuff will be needed to fix PDF builds with 1.6.x. > I guess my question with the patch is whether this text really belongs in > changes.rst, or whether it should be part of the doc-guide. Jon, If you prefer, I can move such description to doc-guide, but I suspect that we may need to specify, at changes.rst, what Sphinx versions are known to work fine. Thanks, Mauro
