docbuild: Run sphinx in venv, update python version

Pip cannot upgrade pip on Ubuntu 24.04. Instead create and use a venv to run the sphinx job. Also bump Python version to 3.12. Signed-off-by: Maciej Grela <[email protected]>
project-chip · Jan 14, 2025 · dfead0c · dfead0c
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/docbuild.yaml b/.github/workflows/docbuild.yaml
@@ -29,17 +29,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.12
           cache-dependency-path: matter/docs/requirements.txt
           cache: pip
       - name: Install base dependencies
         working-directory: matter
         run: |
-          sudo pip3 install -U pip
-          pip3 install -r docs/requirements.txt
+          mkdir venv
+          python3 -m venv venv
+          venv/bin/pip3 install -U pip
+          venv/bin/pip3 install -r docs/requirements.txt
       - name: Build documentation
         working-directory: matter/docs
         run: |
+          source ../venv/bin/activate
           mkdir -p _build/src
           make html
           touch _build/html/.nojekyll