Bug#1143214: ITP: sphinx-linklint -- checker for excessive references in Sphinx documents

Ben Finney <[email protected]> Sat, 1 Aug 2026 08:59:41 +1000
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.wnpp
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Package: wnpp
Owner: Ben Finney <[email protected]>
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : sphinx-linklint
  Version         : 1.0.1
  Upstream Author : Ned Batchelder <[email protected]>
* URL or Web page : https://pypi.org/project/linklint/
* License         : Apache 2.0
  Description     : Ned Batchelder <[email protected]>
      The =E2=80=98linklint=E2=80=99 extension for Sphinx finds excessive r=
eferences in
      Sphinx documentation, and can optionally remove the hyperlink from
      each.

      Examples of excessive references found by this extension:
       * A reference to the same section that contains the reference.
       * Identical references in the same paragraph.

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Ben Finney <[email protected]>

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