Merge pull request #4456 from bdbaddog/sphinx_handle_post_release_ver…

…sions

Fix sphinx's conf.py to handle SCons versions like 4.6.0.post1

CHANGES.txt

@@ -8,16 +8,22 @@ NOTE: The 4.0.0 Release of SCons dropped Python 2.7 Support
 NOTE: 4.3.0 now requires Python 3.6.0 and above. Python 3.5.x is no longer supported
 
 RELEASE  VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER
+
+  From Ataf Fazledin Ahamed:
+    - Use of NotImplemented instead of NotImplementedError for special methods
+      of _ListVariable class
+
+  From William Deegan:
+    - Fix sphinx config to handle SCons versions with post such as: 4.6.0.post1
+
   From Michał Górny:
     - Remove unecessary dependencies on pypi packages from setup.cfg
 
   From Sten Grüner:
     - Fix of the --debug=sconscript option to return exist statements when using return
       statement with stop flag enabled
 
-  From Ataf Fazledin Ahamed:
-    - Use of NotImplemented instead of NotImplementedError for special methods
-      of _ListVariable class
+
 
 RELEASE 4.6.0 -  Sun, 19 Nov 2023 17:22:20 -0700
 

RELEASE.txt

@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ DOCUMENTATION
 DEVELOPMENT
 -----------
 
-- List visible changes in the way SCons is developed
+- Fix sphinx config to handle SCons versions with post such as: 4.6.0.post1
 
 Thanks to the following contributors listed below for their contributions to this release.
 ==========================================================================================
 .. code-block:: text
 
-    git shortlog --no-merges -ns 4.0.1..HEAD
+    git shortlog --no-merges -ns 4.6.0..HEAD

doc/sphinx/conf.py

@@ -98,8 +98,9 @@
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags:
 release = __version__
 # The short X.Y version.
-major, minor, _ = __version__.split('.')
-version = '.'.join([major, minor])
+version_parts = __version__.split('.')
+major, minor, patch = version_parts[0:3]
+version = '.'.join([major, minor,patch])
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.