script `build.py` - improve handling/reporting build.py
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Description
Summary:
The build.py script doesn't have enough error handling.
Improve both error handling in script, and provide more info on troubleshooting
in repo README and wikil.
Description:
see discourse: https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/error-compiling-docs-using-build-py/16526
Additional Information:
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Current Version:
v2.18.0
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with build.py and read the linked Discourse discussion about errors compiling the docs, then inspect the repository README and wiki. Done means build failures are handled and reported more usefully, with corresponding troubleshooting guidance added to the README and wiki.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system, documentation
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100