Update documentation configuration (#96)

This PR:
- updates the Sphinx build configuration
- adds the `-W` flag to the documentation build workflow, so that we get
alerted about Sphinx warnings
- updates the main doc page to clarify supported Python versions

Author: mdickinson

.github/workflows/documentation.yml

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ jobs:
         cache-dependency-path: 'docs/requirements.txt'
     - run: python -m pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
     - run: python -m pip install .
-    - run: python -m sphinx -b html -d docs/build/doctrees docs/source docs/build/html
+    - run: python -m sphinx -W -b html -d docs/build/doctrees docs/source docs/build/html

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -1,261 +1,24 @@
-# refcycle documentation build configuration file, created by
-# sphinx-quickstart on Sun Dec 15 10:25:17 2013.
-#
-# This file is execfile()d with the current directory set to its
-# containing dir.
-#
-# Note that not all possible configuration values are present in this
-# autogenerated file.
-#
-# All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
-# serve to show the default.
+# Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
 
 import importlib.metadata
-import os
-import sys
 
-# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
-# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
-# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-package_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.pardir, os.path.pardir))
-sys.path.insert(0, package_dir)
-
-# -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
-
-# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
-# needs_sphinx = '1.0'
+project = "refcycle"
+copyright = "2013-2023 Mark Dickinson"
+author = "Mark Dickinson"
+release = importlib.metadata.version("refcycle")
 
-# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
-# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
-# ones.
+# -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 extensions = [
     "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
     "sphinx.ext.doctest",
     "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",
     "sphinx.ext.viewcode",
 ]
-
-# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
-templates_path = ["_templates"]
-
-# The suffix of source filenames.
-source_suffix = ".rst"
-
-# The encoding of source files.
-# source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
-
-# The master toctree document.
-master_doc = "index"
-
-# General information about the project.
-project = "refcycle"
-copyright = "2013-2023 Mark Dickinson"
-
-# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
-# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
-# built documents.
-#
-# The short X.Y version.
-version = ".".join(importlib.metadata.version("refcycle").split(".")[:2])
-
-# The full version, including patchlevel and alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = importlib.metadata.version("refcycle")
-
-# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
-# for a list of supported languages.
-# language = None
-
-# There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
-# non-false value, then it is used:
-# today = ''
-# Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call.
-# today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
-
-# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
-# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
-exclude_patterns = []
-
-# The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all
-# documents.
-# default_role = None
-
-# If true, '()' will be appended to :func: etc. cross-reference text.
 add_function_parentheses = False
+nitpicky = True
 
-# If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description
-# unit titles (such as .. function::).
-# add_module_names = True
-
-# If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the
-# output. They are ignored by default.
-# show_authors = False
-
-# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
-pygments_style = "sphinx"
-
-# A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
-# modindex_common_prefix = []
-
-# If true, keep warnings as "system message" paragraphs in the built documents.
-# keep_warnings = False
-
-
-# -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
-
-# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
-# a list of builtin themes.
-html_theme = "default"
-
-# Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
-# further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
-# documentation.
-# html_theme_options = {}
-
-# Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
-# html_theme_path = []
-
-# The name for this set of Sphinx documents.  If None, it defaults to
-# "<project> v<release> documentation".
-# html_title = None
-
-# A shorter title for the navigation bar.  Default is the same as html_title.
-# html_short_title = None
-
-# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
-# of the sidebar.
-# html_logo = None
-
-# The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
-# docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
-# pixels large.
-# html_favicon = None
-
-# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
-# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
-# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-html_static_path = []
-
-# Add any extra paths that contain custom files (such as robots.txt or
-# .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied
-# directly to the root of the documentation.
-# html_extra_path = []
-
-# If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
-# using the given strftime format.
-# html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'
-
-# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
-# typographically correct entities.
-# html_use_smartypants = True
-
-# Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
-# html_sidebars = {}
-
-# Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
-# template names.
-# html_additional_pages = {}
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-# html_domain_indices = True
-
-# If false, no index is generated.
-# html_use_index = True
-
-# If true, the index is split into individual pages for each letter.
-# html_split_index = False
-
-# If true, links to the reST sources are added to the pages.
-# html_show_sourcelink = True
-
-# If true, "Created using Sphinx" is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
-# html_show_sphinx = True
-
-# If true, "(C) Copyright ..." is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
-# html_show_copyright = True
-
-# If true, an OpenSearch description file will be output, and all pages will
-# contain a <link> tag referring to it.  The value of this option must be the
-# base URL from which the finished HTML is served.
-# html_use_opensearch = ''
-
-# This is the file name suffix for HTML files (e.g. ".xhtml").
-# html_file_suffix = None
-
-# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
-htmlhelp_basename = "refcycledoc"
-
-
-# -- Options for LaTeX output ---------------------------------------------
-
-latex_elements = {}
-
-# Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
-# (source start file, target name, title,
-#  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
-latex_documents = [
-    ("index", "refcycle.tex", "refcycle Documentation", "Mark Dickinson", "manual"),
-]
-
-# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
-# the title page.
-# latex_logo = None
-
-# For "manual" documents, if this is true, then toplevel headings are parts,
-# not chapters.
-# latex_use_parts = False
-
-# If true, show page references after internal links.
-# latex_show_pagerefs = False
-
-# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
-# latex_show_urls = False
-
-# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
-# latex_appendices = []
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-# latex_domain_indices = True
-
-
-# -- Options for manual page output ---------------------------------------
-
-# One entry per manual page. List of tuples
-# (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
-man_pages = [("index", "refcycle", "refcycle Documentation", ["Mark Dickinson"], 1)]
-
-# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
-# man_show_urls = False
-
-
-# -- Options for Texinfo output -------------------------------------------
-
-# Grouping the document tree into Texinfo files. List of tuples
-# (source start file, target name, title, author,
-#  dir menu entry, description, category)
-texinfo_documents = [
-    (
-        "index",
-        "refcycle",
-        "refcycle Documentation",
-        "Mark Dickinson",
-        "refcycle",
-        "One line description of project.",
-        "Miscellaneous",
-    ),
-]
-
-# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
-# texinfo_appendices = []
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-# texinfo_domain_indices = True
-
-# How to display URL addresses: 'footnote', 'no', or 'inline'.
-# texinfo_show_urls = 'footnote'
-
-# If true, do not generate a @detailmenu in the "Top" node's menu.
-# texinfo_no_detailmenu = False
-
+# -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
+html_theme = "alabaster"
 
-# Example configuration for intersphinx: refer to the Python standard library.
+# -- Intersphinx configuration -----------------------------------------------
 intersphinx_mapping = {"python": ("http://docs.python.org/3/", None)}