[WIP] intersphinx, deprecate old explicit inventory specification #10128
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Feature or Bugfix
Purpose
Now that we have the
external
role for intersphinx (#9822) I think we should deprecate the old syntax.This PR will warn by default, but there is a configuration variable to disable these warnings to aid in the transition.
As an initial suggestion, how about the following deprecation scheme?
If I remember correctly then some projects (e.g., the Linux kernel) compiles with the version they ship, which can be rather old, so we need of research to figure out when exactly we can remove the syntax.
@tk0miya, any thoughts?
Detail
TODOs if this should go forward: