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Revision as of 17:39, 6 February 2019
Update Sphinx to version 2 and drop Python 2 support from Sphinx
Summary
The version 2.0.x of Sphinx, popular Python documentation generator and framework, is expected to be released in early 2019. It drops support for Python 2. As part of Finalizing Fedora's Switch to Python 3, we update 
python-sphinx
Package maintainers using Sphinx on Python 2 have three options:
- they stop using Python 2 entirely (preferred), dropping their python2 subpackages if not dependent upon by other packages,
- they switch to Sphinx on Python 3 for building their documentation,
- they stop building documentation.
Packages that use Sphinx on Python 2 on runtime are Sphinx extensions, themes etc. and will be removed together with
Owner
- Name: Miro Hrončok as the lead Python 2 deletionist
- Name: Charalampos Stratakis as the
python-sphinx - Email: python-maint@redhat.com
- Release notes owner:
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 31
- Last updated: 2019-02-06
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
Benefit to Fedora
Scope
- Proposal owners:
- Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Release engineering: #Releng issue number (a check of an impact with Release Engineering is needed)
- List of deliverables: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
Upgrade/compatibility impact
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
How To Test
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
User Experience
Dependencies
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
- Blocks product? product
Documentation
N/A (not a System Wide Change)