Re: [Docutils-develop] Possible bug in docutils verison 0.18.0

[Guenter M. <mi...@us...>]

On 2021-10-28, Peter Liu wrote:

> I'm getting an import error when trying to import html from
> docutils.parsers.rst.directives on this version of docutils:

> ImportError: cannot import name 'html' from
> 'docutils.parsers.rst.directives'

> After reverting back to docutils 0.17.1, the import works fine. Is this
> a possible bug?

This is the side effect of an intended change. It is documented in the
HISTORY:

  * docutils/parsers/rst/directives/html.py
  
    - Removed. (Meta directive moved to ``misc.py``.)
  
  * docutils/parsers/rst/directives/misc.py
  
    - `Meta` directive class (moved from html.py) inserts `meta`
      (instead of `pending`) nodes.

but not detailed in the RELEASE-NOTES:

  * New standard Docutils doctree node: <meta__>.

I'll add a notice in the RELEASE-NOTES, too.


Thank you for reporting

Günter