This repository contains scripts for automatically building the Python documentation on docs.python.org.

How to test it?

The following command should build all maintained versions and translations in ./www, beware it can take a few hours:

python3 ./build_docs.py --quick --build-root ./build_root --www-root ./www --log-directory ./logs --group $(id -g) --skip-cache-invalidation

If you don't need to build all translations of all branches, add --language en --branch main.

Check current version

Install tools_requirements.txt then run python check_versions.py ../cpython/ (pointing to a real CPython clone) to see which version of Sphinx we're using where:

Sphinx configuration in various branches:

=========  =============  ==================  ====================
version    travis         requirements.txt    conf.py
=========  =============  ==================  ====================
2.7        sphinx~=2.0.1  ø                   needs_sphinx='1.2'
3.5        sphinx==1.8.2  ø                   needs_sphinx='1.8'
3.6        sphinx==1.8.2  ø                   needs_sphinx='1.2'
3.7        sphinx==1.8.2  sphinx==2.3.1       needs_sphinx="1.6.6"
3.8        ø              sphinx==2.4.4       needs_sphinx='1.8'
3.9        ø              sphinx==2.4.4       needs_sphinx='1.8'
3.10       ø              sphinx==3.4.3       needs_sphinx='3.2'
3.11       ø              sphinx~=7.2.0       needs_sphinx='4.2'
3.12       ø              sphinx~=8.1.0       needs_sphinx='7.2.6'
3.13       ø              sphinx~=8.1.0       needs_sphinx='7.2.6'
3.14       ø              sphinx~=8.1.0       needs_sphinx='7.2.6'
=========  =============  ==================  ====================

Sphinx build as seen on docs.python.org:

=========  =====  =====  =====  =====  =====  =====  =====  =====  =======  =====  =====  =======  =======
version    en     es     fr     id     it     ja     ko     pl     pt-br    tr     uk     zh-cn    zh-tw
=========  =====  =====  =====  =====  =====  =====  =====  =====  =======  =====  =====  =======  =======
3.9        2.4.4  2.4.4  2.4.4  2.4.4  2.4.4  2.4.4  2.4.4  2.4.4  2.4.4    2.4.4  2.4.4  2.4.4    2.4.4
3.10       3.4.3  3.4.3  3.4.3  3.4.3  3.4.3  3.4.3  3.4.3  3.4.3  3.4.3    3.4.3  3.4.3  3.4.3    3.4.3
3.11       7.2.6  7.2.6  7.2.6  7.2.6  7.2.6  7.2.6  7.2.6  7.2.6  7.2.6    7.2.6  7.2.6  7.2.6    7.2.6
3.12       8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3    8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3    8.1.3
3.13       8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3    8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3    8.1.3
3.14       8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3    8.1.3  8.1.3  8.1.3    8.1.3
=========  =====  =====  =====  =====  =====  =====  =====  =====  =======  =====  =====  =======  =======

Manually rebuild a branch

Docs for feature and bugfix branches are automatically built from a cron.

Manual rebuilds are needed for new security releases, and to add the end-of-life banner for newly end-of-life branches.

To manually rebuild a branch, for example 3.11:

ssh docs.nyc1.psf.io
sudo su --shell=/bin/bash docsbuild
screen -DUR  # Rejoin screen session if it exists, otherwise create a new one
/srv/docsbuild/venv/bin/python /srv/docsbuild/scripts/build_docs.py --branch 3.11

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