Use rst.linker 1.9 and jaraco.packaging.sphinx to load details from project metadata.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index abed3784..5cf38335 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@
 # serve to show the default.
 
 import sys
-import os
-import datetime
 import importlib
-import subprocess
 
 assert sys.version_info > (3,), 'Python 3 required to build docs'
 
@@ -47,6 +44,7 @@ extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
     'sphinx.ext.napoleon',
     'rst.linker',
+    'jaraco.packaging.sphinx',
 ]
 
 intersphinx_mapping = {
@@ -65,24 +63,6 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 # The master toctree document.
 master_doc = 'index'
 
-# load metadata from the project (borrowed from jaraco/skeleton)
-root = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..')
-setup_script = os.path.join(root, 'setup.py')
-fields = ['--name', '--version', '--url', '--author']
-dist_info_cmd = [sys.executable, setup_script] + fields
-output_bytes = subprocess.check_output(dist_info_cmd, cwd=root)
-project, version, url, author = output_bytes.decode('utf-8').strip().split('\n')
-
-# General information about the project.
-copyright = '2001-%d %s' % (datetime.date.today().year, author)
-
-# 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 full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = version
-
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
 #language = None  # noqa
@@ -277,14 +257,12 @@ mock_pywin32()  # noqa: E305
 link_files = {
     '../CHANGES.rst': dict(
         using=dict(
-            GH='https://github.com/cherrypy/{project}'.format(project=project),
-            project=project,
-            url=url,
+            GH='https://github.com',
         ),
         replace=[
             dict(
                 pattern=r'((Issue|PR)\s?)?#(?P<issue_or_pr>\d+)',
-                url='{GH}/issues/{issue_or_pr}',
+                url='{GH}/cherrypy/{project}/issues/{issue_or_pr}',
             ),
             dict(
                 pattern=r'^(?m)((?P<scm_version>v?\d+(\.\d+){1,2}))\n[-=]+\n',