Add developer documentation for the Federation Sender and add a documentation mechanism using Sphinx.

.ci/scripts/prepare_old_deps.sh

@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ sed -i \
 # compatible (as far the package metadata declares, anyway); pip's package resolver
 # is more lax.
 #
-# Rather than `poetry install --no-dev`, we drop all dev dependencies from the
-# toml file. This means we don't have to ensure compatibility between old deps and
-# dev tools.
+# Rather than `poetry install --no-dev`, we drop all dev dependencies and the dev-docs
+# group from the toml file. This means we don't have to ensure compatibility between
+# old deps and dev tools.
 
 pip install toml wheel
 
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ with open('pyproject.toml', 'r') as f:
     data = toml.loads(f.read())
 
 del data['tool']['poetry']['dev-dependencies']
+del data['tool']['poetry']['group']['dev-docs']
 
 with open('pyproject.toml', 'w') as f:
     toml.dump(data, f)

.github/workflows/docs-dev.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+name: Deploy the developer documentation
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      # For bleeding-edge documentation
+      - develop
+      # For documentation specific to a release
+      - 'release-v*'
+      # stable docs
+      - master
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  pages:
+    name: GitHub Pages
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: "Set up Sphinx"
+        uses: matrix-org/setup-python-poetry@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+          poetry-version: "1.3.2"
+          groups: "dev-docs"
+          extras: ""
+
+      - name: Build the documentation
+        run: |
+          cd dev-docs
+          poetry run make html
+
+      # Figure out the target directory.
+      #
+      # The target directory depends on the name of the branch
+      #
+      - name: Get the target directory name
+        id: vars
+        run: |
+          # first strip the 'refs/heads/' prefix with some shell foo
+          branch="${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
+
+          case $branch in
+              release-*)
+                  # strip 'release-' from the name for release branches.
+                  branch="${branch#release-}"
+                  ;;
+              master)
+                  # deploy to "latest" for the master branch.
+                  branch="latest"
+                  ;;
+          esac
+
+          # finally, set the 'branch-version' var.
+          echo "branch-version=$branch" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      # Deploy to the target directory.
+      - name: Deploy to gh pages
+        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@bd8c6b06eba6b3d25d72b7a1767993c0aeee42e7 # v3.9.2
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          publish_dir: ./dev-docs/_build/html
+          destination_dir: ./dev-docs/${{ steps.vars.outputs.branch-version }}

.gitignore

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ __pycache__/
 /coverage.*
 /dist/
 /docs/build/
+/dev-docs/_build/
 /htmlcov
 /pip-wheel-metadata/
 

changelog.d/15265.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add developer documentation for the Federation Sender and add a documentation mechanism using Sphinx.

dev-docs/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Minimal makefile for Sphinx documentation
+#
+
+# You can set these variables from the command line, and also
+# from the environment for the first two.
+SPHINXOPTS    ?=
+SPHINXBUILD   ?= sphinx-build
+SOURCEDIR     = .
+BUILDDIR      = _build
+
+# Put it first so that "make" without argument is like "make help".
+help:
+	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
+
+.PHONY: help Makefile
+
+# Catch-all target: route all unknown targets to Sphinx using the new
+# "make mode" option.  $(O) is meant as a shortcut for $(SPHINXOPTS).
+%: Makefile
+	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)

dev-docs/conf.py

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
+#
+# For the full list of built-in configuration values, see the documentation:
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html
+
+# -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#project-information
+
+project = "Synapse development"
+copyright = "2023, The Synapse Maintainers and Community"
+author = "The Synapse Maintainers and Community"
+
+# -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration
+
+extensions = [
+    "autodoc2",
+    "myst_parser",
+]
+
+templates_path = ["_templates"]
+exclude_patterns = ["_build", "Thumbs.db", ".DS_Store"]
+
+
+# -- Options for Autodoc2 ----------------------------------------------------
+
+autodoc2_docstring_parser_regexes = [
+    # this will render all docstrings as 'MyST' Markdown
+    (r".*", "myst"),
+]
+
+autodoc2_packages = [
+    {
+        "path": "../synapse",
+        # Don't render documentation for everything as a matter of course
+        "auto_mode": False,
+    },
+]
+
+
+# -- Options for MyST (Markdown) ---------------------------------------------
+
+# myst_heading_anchors = 2
+
+
+# -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-html-output
+
+html_theme = "furo"
+html_static_path = ["_static"]

dev-docs/index.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+.. Synapse Developer Documentation documentation master file, created by
+   sphinx-quickstart on Mon Mar 13 08:59:51 2023.
+   You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
+   contain the root `toctree` directive.
+
+Welcome to the Synapse Developer Documentation!
+===========================================================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+   :caption: Contents:
+
+   modules/federation_sender
+
+
+
+Indices and tables
+==================
+
+* :ref:`genindex`
+* :ref:`modindex`
+* :ref:`search`

dev-docs/make.bat

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+@ECHO OFF
+
+pushd %~dp0
+
+REM Command file for Sphinx documentation
+
+if "%SPHINXBUILD%" == "" (
+	set SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build
+)
+set SOURCEDIR=.
+set BUILDDIR=_build
+
+%SPHINXBUILD% >NUL 2>NUL
+if errorlevel 9009 (
+	echo.
+	echo.The 'sphinx-build' command was not found. Make sure you have Sphinx
+	echo.installed, then set the SPHINXBUILD environment variable to point
+	echo.to the full path of the 'sphinx-build' executable. Alternatively you
+	echo.may add the Sphinx directory to PATH.
+	echo.
+	echo.If you don't have Sphinx installed, grab it from
+	echo.https://www.sphinx-doc.org/
+	exit /b 1
+)
+
+if "%1" == "" goto help
+
+%SPHINXBUILD% -M %1 %SOURCEDIR% %BUILDDIR% %SPHINXOPTS% %O%
+goto end
+
+:help
+%SPHINXBUILD% -M help %SOURCEDIR% %BUILDDIR% %SPHINXOPTS% %O%
+
+:end
+popd

dev-docs/modules/federation_sender.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Federation Sender
+=================
+
+```{autodoc2-docstring} synapse.federation.sender
+```