Deprecate sphinx.writers.latex.LaTeXWriter.docclasses

CHANGES

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Release 5.0.0 (in development)
 Dependencies
 ------------
 
+* ``sphinx.writers.latex.LaTeXWriter.docclasses``
+
 Incompatible changes
 --------------------
 

doc/extdev/deprecated.rst

@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ The following is a list of deprecated interfaces.
      - (will be) Removed
      - Alternatives
 
+   * - ``sphinx.writers.latex.LaTeXWriter.docclasses``
+     - 5.0
+     - 7.0
+     - N/A
+
    * - ``sphinx.ext.autodoc.AttributeDocumenter._datadescriptor``
      - 4.3
      - 6.0

sphinx/deprecation.py

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ class RemovedInSphinx60Warning(PendingDeprecationWarning):
     pass
 
 
+class RemovedInSphinx70Warning(PendingDeprecationWarning):
+    pass
+
+
 RemovedInNextVersionWarning = RemovedInSphinx50Warning
 
 

sphinx/writers/latex.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 """
 
 import re
+import warnings
 from collections import defaultdict
 from os import path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Set, Tuple, cast
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ from docutils import nodes, writers
 from docutils.nodes import Element, Node, Text
 
 from sphinx import addnodes, highlighting
+from sphinx.deprecation import RemovedInSphinx70Warning
 from sphinx.domains import IndexEntry
 from sphinx.domains.std import StandardDomain
 from sphinx.errors import SphinxError
@@ -268,9 +270,6 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(SphinxTranslator):
     # default is originally 3. For book/report, 2 is already LaTeX default.
     ignore_missing_images = False
 
-    # sphinx specific document classes
-    docclasses = ('howto', 'manual')
-
     def __init__(self, document: nodes.document, builder: "LaTeXBuilder",
                  theme: "Theme") -> None:
         super().__init__(document, builder)
@@ -2038,6 +2037,13 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(SphinxTranslator):
     def unknown_visit(self, node: Node) -> None:
         raise NotImplementedError('Unknown node: ' + node.__class__.__name__)
 
+    @property
+    def docclasses(self) -> Tuple[str, str]:
+        """Prepends prefix to sphinx document classes"""
+        warnings.warn('LaTeXWriter.docclasses() is deprecated.',
+                      RemovedInSphinx70Warning, stacklevel=2)
+        return ('howto', 'manual')
+
 
 # FIXME: Workaround to avoid circular import
 # refs: https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/5433