Historically, we've been using the RTD theme on the RTD site which hosts
the docs for us, and a Sphinx-default, "Alabaster" theme for other docs
builds. Doing that however started failing:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/builders/html/__init__.py", line 1096, in handle_page
output = self.templates.render(templatename, ctx)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/readthedocs_ext/readthedocs.py", line 181, in rtd_render
content = old_render(template, render_context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/jinja2glue.py", line 194, in render
return self.environment.get_template(template).render(context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/jinja2/environment.py", line 1301, in render
self.environment.handle_exception()
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/jinja2/environment.py", line 936, in handle_exception
raise rewrite_traceback_stack(source=source)
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/themes/basic/page.html", line 10, in top-level template code
{%- extends "layout.html" %}
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/themes/classic/layout.html", line 10, in top-level template code
{%- extends "basic/layout.html" %}
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/themes/default/../basic/layout.html", line 170, in top-level template code
{%- block content %}
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/themes/default/../basic/layout.html", line 189, in block 'content'
{%- block sidebar2 %}{{ sidebar() }}{% endblock %}
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/themes/default/../basic/layout.html", line 189, in block 'sidebar2'
{%- block sidebar2 %}{{ sidebar() }}{% endblock %}
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/jinja2/sandbox.py", line 393, in call
return __context.call(__obj, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/jinja2/runtime.py", line 777, in _invoke
rv = self._func(*arguments)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/themes/default/../basic/layout.html", line 63, in template
{%- include sidebartemplate %}
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/jinja2glue.py", line 215, in get_source
raise TemplateNotFound(template)
jinja2.exceptions.TemplateNotFound: about.html
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/cmd/build.py", line 281, in build_main
app.build(args.force_all, args.filenames)
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/application.py", line 347, in build
self.builder.build_update()
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/builders/__init__.py", line 310, in build_update
self.build(to_build,
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/builders/__init__.py", line 376, in build
self.write(docnames, list(updated_docnames), method)
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/builders/__init__.py", line 571, in write
self._write_serial(sorted(docnames))
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/builders/__init__.py", line 581, in _write_serial
self.write_doc(docname, doctree)
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/builders/html/__init__.py", line 672, in write_doc
self.handle_page(docname, ctx, event_arg=doctree)
File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/gnpy/envs/499/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/builders/html/__init__.py", line 1103, in handle_page
raise ThemeError(__("An error happened in rendering the page %s.\nReason: %r") %
sphinx.errors.ThemeError: An error happened in rendering the page about-project.
Reason: TemplateNotFound('about.html')
Theme error:
An error happened in rendering the page about-project.
Reason: TemplateNotFound('about.html')
I have no clue what that means because we have never requested this
`about.html`, nor do we reference that file from anywhere. Chances are
that it's "just" some version pinning/compatibility issue, but hey --
why mess with that when there's a perfectly good default theme that
we're using for other purposes already.
As a side effect, this also solves that long-standing issue that Esther
reported where the tables have overly long lines. Apparently, it's a
theme-specific misfeature (readthedocs/sphinx_rtd_theme/#117), and the
Alabaster one doesn't suffer from that.
All hail alabaster!
Change-Id: I857890f29f14b7c0f66bca201c9a9c1b1cbf8841
GNPy: Optical Route Planning and DWDM Network Optimization
GNPy is an open-source, community-developed library for building route planning and optimization tools in real-world mesh optical networks. We are a consortium of operators, vendors, and academic researchers sponsored via the Telecom Infra Project's OOPT/PSE working group. Together, we are building this tool for rapid development of production-grade route planning tools which is easily extensible to include custom network elements and performant to the scale of real-world mesh optical networks.
Quick Start
Install either via Docker, or as a Python package. Read our documentation, learn from the demos, and get in touch with us.
This example demonstrates how GNPy can be used to check the expected SNR at the end of the line by varying the channel input power:
GNPy can do much more, including acting as a Path Computation Engine, tracking bandwidth requests, or advising the SDN controller about a best possible path through a large DWDM network.
Learn more about this in the documentation, or give it a try online at gnpy.app:

