[Bug 1690574] Re: Fix autopkgtest regression with webkit2gtk 2.16.2

[Jeremy Bicha]

The sphinx tests now pass with the webkit2gtk 2.16.2 SRUs.

https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/sphinx/zesty/amd64
https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/sphinx/yakkety/amd64
https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/sphinx/xenial/amd64

Apparently, xenial's webkit2gtk does not trigger sphinx autopktests though:
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/xenial/update_excuses.html#webkit2gtk

One issue is that some sphinx rdepends have failing autopkgtests, but this was likely an already existing issue.
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/zesty/update_excuses.html#sphinx
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/yakkety/update_excuses.html#sphinx

I recommend that the sphinx SRUs be accepted; otherwise all of the
sphinx autopkgtests for yakkety and zesty will fail once webkit2gtk
enters -updates.

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Title:
  Fix autopkgtest regression with webkit2gtk 2.16.2

Status in sphinx package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in sphinx source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed
Status in sphinx source package in Yakkety:
  Fix Committed
Status in sphinx source package in Zesty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  Impact
  ------
  sphinx's autopkgtests fail with webkit2gtk's 2.16.2 update (LP: #1690536). Since we need to update webkit2gtk for security updates, we need to update sphinx's autopkgtests too.

  Test Case
  ---------
  Check https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/sphinx
  and make sure that the tests triggered by webkit2gtk 2.16.2 are passing

  Regression Potential
  --------------------
  This update only affects the "sphinxdoc" autopkgtest.

  Other Info
  -----------
  The autopkgtests are maintained in Debian; this particular test is not from sphinx upstream.

  https://anonscm.debian.org/git/python-
  modules/packages/sphinx.git/commit/?id=75bf800

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