Re: [PATCH 0/4] Raise the bar with regards to Python and Sphinx requirements

[Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 07:19:00AM +0100, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> This series  increases the minimal requirements for Sphinx and Python, and
> drop some backward-compatible code from Sphinx extension.
> 
> Looking at 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)

(And those are positively ancient versions, too! 8.1.3 is current...)

> And Python release dates, we have:
> 
> 	Python	Release date 
> 	3.5	2015-09-13    (current minimal requirement)
> 	3.6	2016-12-23
> 	3.7 	2018-06-27
> 	3.8 	2019-10-14
> 	3.9 	2020-10-05
> 	3.10	2021-10-04
> 
> 	(according with https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Python)
> 
> The new minimal requirements are now compatible with the toolset available on Jan, 2021,
> e.g.:
> 	- Sphinx 3.4.3;
> 	- Python 3.9

I just did a quick sanity check against Ubuntu releases, and it all
looks fine: Ubuntu 20.04 had sphinx 1.8.5, so it already can't build the
docs. Ubuntu 22.04 has sphinx 4.3.2, so all good. Ubuntu 22.04 also has
Python 3.10, so also okay.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>

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Kees Cook