Remove docs/sphinx and related references (#8480)

https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/develop/docs/sphinx doesn't seem to really be utilised or changed recently since the initial commit. I like the idea of exportable documentation of the codebase, but at the moment after running through the build instructions the generated website wasn't very useful...

62 files changed, 1 insertions, 839 deletions

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4a189c8bc4..e623cf863a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -290,19 +290,6 @@ Testing with SyTest is recommended for verifying that changes related to the
 Client-Server API are functioning correctly. See the `installation instructions
 <https://github.com/matrix-org/sytest#installing>`_ for details.
 
-Building Internal API Documentation
-===================================
-
-Before building internal API documentation install sphinx and
-sphinxcontrib-napoleon::
-
-    pip install sphinx
-    pip install sphinxcontrib-napoleon
-
-Building internal API documentation::
-
-    python setup.py build_sphinx
-
 Troubleshooting
 ===============
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/8480.misc b/changelog.d/8480.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81633af296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/8480.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove outdated sphinx documentation, scripts and configuration.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/code_style.md b/docs/code_style.md
index 6ef6f80290..f6c825d7d4 100644
--- a/docs/code_style.md
+++ b/docs/code_style.md
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ save as it takes a while and is very resource intensive.
     -   Use underscores for functions and variables.
 -   **Docstrings**: should follow the [google code
     style](https://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html#38-comments-and-docstrings).
-    This is so that we can generate documentation with
-    [sphinx](http://sphinxcontrib-napoleon.readthedocs.org/en/latest/).
     See the
     [examples](http://sphinxcontrib-napoleon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/example_google.html)
     in the sphinx documentation.
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/README.rst b/docs/sphinx/README.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index a7ab7c5500..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/README.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-TODO: how (if at all) is this actually maintained?
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/conf.py b/docs/sphinx/conf.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ca4b879526..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/conf.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,271 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
-# Synapse documentation build configuration file, created by
-# sphinx-quickstart on Tue Jun 10 17:31:02 2014.
-#
-# This file is execfile()d with the current directory set to its
-# containing dir.
-#
-# Note that not all possible configuration values are present in this
-# autogenerated file.
-#
-# All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
-# serve to show the default.
-
-import sys
-import os
-
-# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
-# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
-# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(".."))
-
-# -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
-
-# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
-# needs_sphinx = '1.0'
-
-# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
-# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
-# ones.
-extensions = [
-    "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
-    "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",
-    "sphinx.ext.coverage",
-    "sphinx.ext.ifconfig",
-    "sphinxcontrib.napoleon",
-]
-
-# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
-templates_path = ["_templates"]
-
-# The suffix of source filenames.
-source_suffix = ".rst"
-
-# The encoding of source files.
-# source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
-
-# The master toctree document.
-master_doc = "index"
-
-# General information about the project.
-project = "Synapse"
-copyright = (
-    "Copyright 2014-2017 OpenMarket Ltd, 2017 Vector Creations Ltd, 2017 New Vector Ltd"
-)
-
-# 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 short X.Y version.
-version = "1.0"
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "1.0"
-
-# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
-# for a list of supported languages.
-# language = None
-
-# There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
-# non-false value, then it is used:
-# today = ''
-# Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call.
-# today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
-
-# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
-# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
-exclude_patterns = ["_build"]
-
-# The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all
-# documents.
-# default_role = None
-
-# If true, '()' will be appended to :func: etc. cross-reference text.
-# add_function_parentheses = True
-
-# If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description
-# unit titles (such as .. function::).
-# add_module_names = True
-
-# If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the
-# output. They are ignored by default.
-# show_authors = False
-
-# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
-pygments_style = "sphinx"
-
-# A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
-# modindex_common_prefix = []
-
-# If true, keep warnings as "system message" paragraphs in the built documents.
-# keep_warnings = False
-
-
-# -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
-
-# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
-# a list of builtin themes.
-html_theme = "default"
-
-# Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
-# further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
-# documentation.
-# html_theme_options = {}
-
-# Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
-# html_theme_path = []
-
-# The name for this set of Sphinx documents.  If None, it defaults to
-# "<project> v<release> documentation".
-# html_title = None
-
-# A shorter title for the navigation bar.  Default is the same as html_title.
-# html_short_title = None
-
-# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
-# of the sidebar.
-# html_logo = None
-
-# The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
-# docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
-# pixels large.
-# html_favicon = None
-
-# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
-# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
-# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-html_static_path = ["_static"]
-
-# Add any extra paths that contain custom files (such as robots.txt or
-# .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied
-# directly to the root of the documentation.
-# html_extra_path = []
-
-# If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
-# using the given strftime format.
-# html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'
-
-# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
-# typographically correct entities.
-# html_use_smartypants = True
-
-# Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
-# html_sidebars = {}
-
-# Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
-# template names.
-# html_additional_pages = {}
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-# html_domain_indices = True
-
-# If false, no index is generated.
-# html_use_index = True
-
-# If true, the index is split into individual pages for each letter.
-# html_split_index = False
-
-# If true, links to the reST sources are added to the pages.
-# html_show_sourcelink = True
-
-# If true, "Created using Sphinx" is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
-# html_show_sphinx = True
-
-# If true, "(C) Copyright ..." is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
-# html_show_copyright = True
-
-# If true, an OpenSearch description file will be output, and all pages will
-# contain a <link> tag referring to it.  The value of this option must be the
-# base URL from which the finished HTML is served.
-# html_use_opensearch = ''
-
-# This is the file name suffix for HTML files (e.g. ".xhtml").
-# html_file_suffix = None
-
-# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
-htmlhelp_basename = "Synapsedoc"
-
-
-# -- Options for LaTeX output ---------------------------------------------
-
-latex_elements = {
-    # The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').
-    #'papersize': 'letterpaper',
-    # The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
-    #'pointsize': '10pt',
-    # Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble.
-    #'preamble': '',
-}
-
-# Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
-# (source start file, target name, title,
-#  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
-latex_documents = [("index", "Synapse.tex", "Synapse Documentation", "TNG", "manual")]
-
-# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
-# the title page.
-# latex_logo = None
-
-# For "manual" documents, if this is true, then toplevel headings are parts,
-# not chapters.
-# latex_use_parts = False
-
-# If true, show page references after internal links.
-# latex_show_pagerefs = False
-
-# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
-# latex_show_urls = False
-
-# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
-# latex_appendices = []
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-# latex_domain_indices = True
-
-
-# -- Options for manual page output ---------------------------------------
-
-# One entry per manual page. List of tuples
-# (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
-man_pages = [("index", "synapse", "Synapse Documentation", ["TNG"], 1)]
-
-# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
-# man_show_urls = False
-
-
-# -- Options for Texinfo output -------------------------------------------
-
-# Grouping the document tree into Texinfo files. List of tuples
-# (source start file, target name, title, author,
-#  dir menu entry, description, category)
-texinfo_documents = [
-    (
-        "index",
-        "Synapse",
-        "Synapse Documentation",
-        "TNG",
-        "Synapse",
-        "One line description of project.",
-        "Miscellaneous",
-    )
-]
-
-# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
-# texinfo_appendices = []
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-# texinfo_domain_indices = True
-
-# How to display URL addresses: 'footnote', 'no', or 'inline'.
-# texinfo_show_urls = 'footnote'
-
-# If true, do not generate a @detailmenu in the "Top" node's menu.
-# texinfo_no_detailmenu = False
-
-
-# Example configuration for intersphinx: refer to the Python standard library.
-intersphinx_mapping = {"http://docs.python.org/": None}
-
-napoleon_include_special_with_doc = True
-napoleon_use_ivar = True
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/index.rst b/docs/sphinx/index.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 76a4c0c7bf..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/index.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-.. Synapse documentation master file, created by
-   sphinx-quickstart on Tue Jun 10 17:31:02 2014.
-   You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
-   contain the root `toctree` directive.
-
-Welcome to Synapse's documentation!
-===================================
-
-Contents:
-
-.. toctree::
-   synapse
-
-Indices and tables
-==================
-
-* :ref:`genindex`
-* :ref:`modindex`
-* :ref:`search`
-
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/modules.rst b/docs/sphinx/modules.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c7f70bd13..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/modules.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse
-=======
-
-.. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 4
-
-   synapse
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.auth.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.auth.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 931eb59836..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.auth.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.auth module
-=======================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.auth
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.constants.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.constants.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index a1e3c47f68..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.constants.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.constants module
-============================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.constants
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.dbobjects.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.dbobjects.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e9d31167e0..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.dbobjects.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.dbobjects module
-============================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.dbobjects
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.errors.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.errors.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index f1c6881478..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.errors.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.errors module
-=========================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.errors
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.event_stream.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.event_stream.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 9291cb2dbc..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.event_stream.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.event_stream module
-===============================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.event_stream
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.events.factory.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.events.factory.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e71ff6070..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.events.factory.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.events.factory module
-=================================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.events.factory
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.events.room.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.events.room.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cd5998599..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.events.room.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.events.room module
-==============================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.events.room
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.events.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.events.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index b762da55ee..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.events.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.events package
-==========================
-
-Submodules
-----------
-
-.. toctree::
-
-   synapse.api.events.factory
-   synapse.api.events.room
-
-Module contents
----------------
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.events
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.events.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.events.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index d2e1b54ac0..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.events.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.handlers.events module
-==================================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.handlers.events
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.factory.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.factory.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index b04a93f740..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.factory.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.handlers.factory module
-===================================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.handlers.factory
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.federation.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.federation.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 61a6542210..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.federation.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.handlers.federation module
-======================================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.handlers.federation
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.register.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.register.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 388f144eca..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.register.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.handlers.register module
-====================================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.handlers.register
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.room.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.room.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ca156c7ff..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.room.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.handlers.room module
-================================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.handlers.room
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e84f563fcb..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.handlers.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.handlers package
-============================
-
-Submodules
-----------
-
-.. toctree::
-
-   synapse.api.handlers.events
-   synapse.api.handlers.factory
-   synapse.api.handlers.federation
-   synapse.api.handlers.register
-   synapse.api.handlers.room
-
-Module contents
----------------
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.handlers
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.notifier.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.notifier.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 631b42a497..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.notifier.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.notifier module
-===========================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.notifier
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.register_events.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.register_events.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 79ad4ce211..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.register_events.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.register_events module
-==================================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.register_events
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.room_events.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.room_events.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index bead1711f5..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.room_events.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.room_events module
-==============================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.room_events
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index f4d39ff331..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api package
-===================
-
-Subpackages
------------
-
-.. toctree::
-
-    synapse.api.events
-    synapse.api.handlers
-    synapse.api.streams
-
-Submodules
-----------
-
-.. toctree::
-
-   synapse.api.auth
-   synapse.api.constants
-   synapse.api.errors
-   synapse.api.notifier
-   synapse.api.storage
-
-Module contents
----------------
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.server.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.server.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index b01600235e..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.server.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.server module
-=========================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.server
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.storage.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.storage.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index afa40685c4..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.storage.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.storage module
-==========================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.storage
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.stream.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.stream.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d5e3f01bf..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.stream.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.stream module
-=========================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.stream
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.streams.event.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.streams.event.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ac45a35c8..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.streams.event.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.streams.event module
-================================
-
-.. automodule:: synapse.api.streams.event
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.streams.rst b/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.streams.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 72eb205caf..0000000000
--- a/docs/sphinx/synapse.api.streams.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-synapse.api.streams package
-===========================
-
-Submodules
-----------
-
-.. toctree::
-
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