Bug 2221971

Summary:	python-smartcols fails to build with Sphinx 7.x
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Karolina Surma <ksurma>
Component:	python-smartcols	Assignee:	Kalev Lember <klember>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	39	CC:	igor.raits, klember
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Description Karolina Surma 2023-07-11 11:54:12 UTC

python-smartcols fails to build with Sphinx 7.x in Fedora 39 (currently Rawhide).

The issue detected:
```
+ /usr/bin/python3 setup.py build_sphinx -b html

usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
or: setup.py --help-commands
or: setup.py cmd --help

error: invalid command 'build_sphinx'
```

Sphinx 7 has removed the setuptools integration (see: https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/pull/11363).
`setup.py` has been long deprecated and projects are encouraged to migrate away from using it.


For the logs from testing build attempts, see:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/ksurma/doc-stack/package/python-smartcols/

You can test you package in mock running:

$ mock -r fedora-rawhide-x86_64 --addrepo=https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/ksurma/doc-stack/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/ --no-clean your.src.rpm
$ mock -r fedora-rawhide-x86_64 --addrepo=https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/ksurma/doc-stack/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/ shell

We'd like to include Sphinx 7 in Fedora 39.
Let us know here if you have any questions. Thank you!

Comment 1 Kalev Lember 2023-08-05 08:36:40 UTC

Sorry for the slow reply! This package is on life support anyway and I think nobody would miss it if we just dropped sphinx docs for it. +1 from me to go ahead with the sphinx update. Thanks for reaching out!

Comment 2 Fedora Release Engineering 2023-08-16 07:19:11 UTC

This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora Linux 39 development cycle.
Changing version to 39.