Read the Docs fixes and modernisation

[trexfeathers]

🚀 Pull Request

Description

The valid format of intersphinx mapping has apparently changed.

[pp-mo]

Happy with this + I have reviewed the docs on the PR+ see it is working OK

However I note that, despite your including a fix to avoid the post-tagged version number, the docs front page itself doesn't show the version.
Can we fix that easily ?

[trexfeathers]

However I note that, despite your including a fix to avoid the post-tagged version number, the docs front page itself doesn't show the version.
Can we fix that easily ?

@pp-mo I have sorted this - see this example:

Note that the version is of course meaningless when building from a pull request, but this at least demonstrates where the information will be displayed. The lack of dirty in the version name also demonstrates that the git stash approach is working.

[pp-mo]

@pp-mo I have sorted this - see this example:
Note that the version is of course meaningless when building from a pull request, but this at least demonstrates where the information will be displayed. The lack of dirty in the version name also demonstrates that the git stash approach is working.

I don't think this is correct, since it reports "0.1dev", but it should be "3.2" or possibly "3.3".
I think this code is the place it comes from, not clear why that would be wrong...

[trexfeathers]

@pp-mo I have sorted this - see this example:
Note that the version is of course meaningless when building from a pull request, but this at least demonstrates where the information will be displayed. The lack of dirty in the version name also demonstrates that the git stash approach is working.

I don't think this is correct, since it reports "0.1dev", but it should be "3.2" or possibly "3.3". I think this code is the place it comes from, not clear why that would be wrong...

It is definitely correct. As I say - pull request builds are meaningless in this regard.

[trexfeathers]

If it helps you feel more confident, here is what I get if I build locally:

EDITED: update image for my very latest install