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Description of problem: Newer versions of Sphinx include the napoleon extension built in. Fedora retired the python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon package in bug 1286275. However, the napoleon maintainer (Rob Ruana) is still maintaining sphinxcontrib.napoleon and keeping the two codebases in sync: https://github.com/evanunderscore/defopt/pull/16 Would you please un-retire python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): python-sphinx-1.4.8-2.fc26 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. In a new package, set "Requires: python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon", or even simply run "dnf install python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon" Actual results: DNF installs the main sphinx package, which has several heavyweight dependencies Expected results: DNF should install the lightweight python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon package Additional info: This is important for packages like defopt, which should be quick to install and have a minimal footprint.
I originally asked for the sphinxcontrib-napoleon to be retired. Not my package, so my opinion is just that, but frankly, I don't think the justification that sphinx has heavyweight deps is strong enough. Sphinx will usually be used on a development system which has most of dependencies pulled in anyway by other stuff.
It seems you want to use sphinxcontrib-napoleon for an "off-label" use, i.e. seems you are using it for it's parsing outside of sphinx. While that is legitimate, it is more of a pocket case. If we did update the spec so python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon was a separate package that didn't require Sphinx, it would cause problems for people who expected Sphinx to be installed as a dependency. My thought is if upstream intends for the parsers to be used independently of Sphinx, then they should be in an independent Python package which is then required by sphinxcontrib-napoleon.
Starting with version 0.5.0, the sphinxcontrib-napoleon package removed its own dependency on Sphinx to allow people to use its parsing outside of Sphinx. Nevertheless, if the consensus is that the spec should not be changed, I can talk to the maintainer about splitting sphinxcontrib-napoleon into two packages.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 26 development cycle. Changing version to '26'.
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