Extra non-critical revisions for the dual compatibility document

[ericsnekbytes]

This PR splits out some extra suggestions from the compatibility document PR (link below). Once that PR is merged and in users hands, we can do some additional edits here (some of the code changes will require commits here AND in the examples repo, so it makes sense to do these separately to expedite the original PR which has been waiting for approval for a long time now):

• Lab/NB7 extension compatibility docs #14838

[jupyterlab-probot]

Thanks for making a pull request to jupyterlab!
To try out this branch on binder, follow this link:

[krassowski]

some of the code changes will require commits here AND in the examples repo, so it makes sense to do these separately to expedite the original PR

FYI, resolving reviewers comments is the best way to expedite PR being merged ;)

[ericsnekbytes]

some of the code changes will require commits here AND in the examples repo, so it makes sense to do these separately to expedite the original PR

FYI, resolving reviewers comments is the best way to expedite PR being merged ;)

I thought this struck a good balance between serving our users (by delivering a version to them), capturing the work remaining to be done (which will need to be done over multiple PRs) and acknowledging the work already done on the 5-6 PRs that make up the first compatibility doc's workstreams, though I take your point 👍

[krassowski]

@ericsnekbytes could you resolve conflicts here (and ideally cleanup the history) (if this is still needed).

[ericsnekbytes]

@ericsnekbytes could you resolve conflicts here (and ideally cleanup the history) (if this is still needed).

Will do, I'll comb over and itemize/list any remaining work in the top comment 👍

[krassowski]

@ericsnekbytes just checking back here?

[ericsnekbytes]

@krassowski On the surface, it seems like you resolved all of the open items in the previous PR, but I wanted to do a detailed review to ensure I didn't miss anything. Once that's done, I'll close this PR if needed.

[krassowski]

@ericsnekbytes just a remainder on this one :)

[ericsnekbytes]

I'm assembling a list of items to address in this PR below:

• Use sphinx references instead of fully qualified links as noted here and here
• Check the examples repo to ensure code matches the edits made

[ericsnekbytes]

@krassowski These are the remaining items I found while checking the original PR, if you have any to add feel free. I had problems using sphinx references last time, so those will likely take some troubleshooting to fix.