[issue42579] Solution from gh#python/cpython#13236 unnecessarily binds building of documentation to the latest version of Sphinx

Pablo Galindo Salgado added the comment: New changeset b63a620014b67a6e63d10783149c41baaf59def8 by Matěj Cepl in branch 'master': bpo-42579: Make workaround for various versions of Sphinx more robust (GH-23662) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b63a620014b67a6e63d10783149c41baaf59def8

[issue42579] Solution from gh#python/cpython#13236 unnecessarily binds building of documentation to the latest version of Sphinx

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[issue42579] Solution from gh#python/cpython#13236 unnecessarily binds building of documentation to the latest version of Sphinx

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[issue42579] Solution from gh#python/cpython#13236 unnecessarily binds building of documentation to the latest version of Sphinx

Change by Matej Cepl : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +22529 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/23662 ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue42579] Solution from gh#python/cpython#13236 unnecessarily binds building of documentation to the latest version of Sphinx

New submission from Matej Cepl : I think the solution in gh#python/cpython#13236 is the suboptimal one, because it makes Python dependent on the latest version of Sphinx unnecessarily. There are many situations where Python can be built on the older platform and it is too bothersome to requir