On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 01:02:13PM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2022 at 12:31, Heinrich Schuchardt
> <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 12/30/22 19:12, Tom Rini wrote:
> > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 11:51:15AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
> > >> Hi Heinrich,
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, 29 Dec 2022 at 22:08, Heinrich Schuchardt
> > >> <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Provide a man-page describing how to build the U-Boot documentation.
> > >>>
> > >>> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>
> > >>> ---
> > >>>   doc/build/documentation.rst | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >>>   doc/build/index.rst         |  1 +
> > >>>   2 files changed, 91 insertions(+)
> > >>>   create mode 100644 doc/build/documentation.rst
> > >>>
> > >>> diff --git a/doc/build/documentation.rst b/doc/build/documentation.rst
> > >>> new file mode 100644
> > >>> index 0000000000..896264dd7c
> > >>> --- /dev/null
> > >>> +++ b/doc/build/documentation.rst
> > >>> @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
> > >>> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+:
> > >>> +
> > >>> +Building documentation
> > >>> +======================
> > >>> +
> > >>> +The U-Boot documentation is based on the Sphinx documentation generator.
> > >>> +
> > >>> +HTML documentation
> > >>> +------------------
> > >>> +
> > >>> +The *htmldocs* target is used to build the HTML documentation. It uses the
> > >>> +`Read the Docs Sphinx theme <https://sphinx-rtd-theme.readthedocs.io/en/stable/>`_.
> > >>> +
> > >>> +.. code-block:: bash
> > >>> +
> > >>> +    # Create Python environment 'myenv'
> > >>> +    python3 -m venv myenv
> > >>> +    # Activate the Python environment
> > >>> +    . myenv/bin/activate
> > >>> +    # Install build requirements
> > >>> +    python3 -m pip install -r doc/sphinx/requirements.txt
> > >>> +    # Build the documentation
> > >>> +    make htmldocs
> > >>> +    # Deactivate the Python environment
> > >>> +    deactivate
> > >>> +    # Display the documentation in a graphical web browser
> > >>> +    x-www-browser doc/output/index.html
> > >>
> > >> If this is necessary then it is a bit of a sad indictment on Python. I
> > >> would use:
> > >>
> > >> pip3 install -r doc/sphinx/requirements.txt
> > >> make htmldocs
> > >
> > > Which part, exactly? Using a virtual environment is I believe a normal
> > > best practice and "python3 -m pip" rather than "pip3" I assume is
> > > another best practice for portability. Then maybe the final step should
> > > say "Review" not "Display" ?
> > >
> >
> > Review only applies to documentation developers.
> > Normal users just want to read the documentation.
> 
> Using a virtual environment seems annoying to me. Should we put that
> in a separate section for those who want to do it?

I think that's the opposite.  As best I can see, virtual environments
are a python best practice, and if you don't want to use one you just
skip those steps.

-- 
Tom