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pre-commit run --files doc/source/development/contributing_documentation.rst PASSED locally

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jeffersbaxter commented Jul 31, 2025

Here is a screenshot of the changed section in Contributing to the Documentation, if you chose to merge.

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@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ If you want to do a full clean build, do::
python make.py clean
python make.py html

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The command ``python make.py html`` requires SSL verification.
If the command exits with an error status,
try running the command ``python make.py html --num-jobs=1``.
If the terminal output reports a SSLCertVerificationError,
update your local SSL. Then, rerun ``python make.py html``.
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The command ``python make.py html`` requires SSL verification.
If the command exits with an error status,
try running the command ``python make.py html --num-jobs=1``.
If the terminal output reports a SSLCertVerificationError,
update your local SSL. Then, rerun ``python make.py html``.
If``python make.py html`` exits with an error status.
try running the command ``python make.py html --num-jobs=1``
to identify the cause of the error.

Making this more generic since the cause of error may not always be SSL related

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Sounds good! I'll make the change.

@mroeschke mroeschke added the Docs label Aug 4, 2025
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BUG: 'Sphinx parallel build error' when building docs locally prevents index.html creation
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