From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6951E1BB6BC; Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:36:54 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1738247816; cv=none; b=dspOR5N9gv9ROE2y7s4DLT8tmbh4xSh5p6XBGrnMHutFoTODGggfbic3xa3EIHkbfWRBF/J6sxnxyZZfoNMToQEeXH+8TsKG+8lyzVqg3HnyGT8+O9SVgbyDC2t/x+V4sCQvjhKcewILdH9arLjYCiG5RxyWv5Q/5hOwpfSMkww= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1738247816; c=relaxed/simple; bh=w4zTxfa4CCDrQAqGDdWlBpCt/2B8kWrn1L7k7sZwIxw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=Sr8QbhO9sA14/AMJsFleFefqK7aLmFnPbnhPJxJTdT70fv1WTS7R0Jgy2w3Gk35WYxUJfxfAyc8BfYr+PToiVnIhNsS9tZ1ANgoCkh+z6CqxBiT2r4/782/lShni0C1SApDjCmksFVzzOC2yJ2Wm5NXWAIswkYReQ3a0kPjbJq8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=sKEKC6A5; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="sKEKC6A5" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 2A488411A9 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1738247474; bh=o6c9Xty8LBnNCjw4IIteZjg2Dft0pgS1FqTeBELLb/s=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=sKEKC6A5mJNrWh2OnYdq4XrzlSBVffqzWdJUguTsQbBj9drsXtFOgeef3xmLeJ4lg /PjJl21/gpJUMJcSlyoXz4wFPT5XDnIcqabEboDohTJeSD0N/MfB7WMqkGWTIS7Rcy OdwEOZI8s7lHDnUmCsPWv2hkfgANWG5YaoqVMpVDiqq/zBgs1t86wEURsyuYWeOxwq DCzAjUgxGr+l3ZThZ45iElLUMPxwPJmLa6d/E+S7QRpN+O0OoPytaxBrAxtTyGVA4I GhkQXOyCZymZcfdaKhZnERHVIT5HC1AE/yqk7CauHk3/AfrlNZnuMxWIRveSQykYgD xUI2FJhDNiPiA== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:5e00:625::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2A488411A9; Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:31:14 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Donald Hunter , Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: Linux Doc Mailing List , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Bill Wendling , Justin Stitt , Nick Desaulniers , bpf@vger.kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev, workflows@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC 0/6] Raise the bar with regards to Python and Sphinx requirements In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 07:31:13 -0700 Message-ID: <87jzac2x1q.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Donald Hunter writes: > Mauro Carvalho Chehab writes: > >> This series comes after https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/87a5b96296.fsf@trenco.lwn.net/T/#t >> It increases the minimal requirements for Sphinx and Python. >> >> 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) > > It's worth mentioning here that my fix for the C performance regression > landed in Sphinx 7.4.0. All versions from 3.0.0 to 7.3.x are much slower > for building the kernel docs. See #12162 here: > > https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/changes/7.4.html#id7 Indeed, we have noticed the speedup - much appreciated, thank you! jon