Realized the log/warn/etc stuff really just wanted to be 'use logging, stupid' higher up.

It's possible this fixes my other issues too, and that they are purely a visibility problem.

integration/util.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Tests for the ``releases.util`` module.
 These are in the integration suite because they deal with on-disk files.
 """
 
-import logging
 import os
 
 from docutils.nodes import document
@@ -15,9 +14,6 @@ from releases.models import Release, Issue
 from releases.util import get_doctree, parse_changelog
 
 
-# Mute Sphinx's own logging, as it makes test output quite verbose
-logging.getLogger('sphinx').setLevel(logging.ERROR)
-
 support = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '_support')
 vanilla = os.path.join(support, 'vanilla', 'changelog.rst')
 unreleased_bugs = os.path.join(support, 'unreleased_bugs', 'changelog.rst')

releases/util.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Utility functions, such as helpers for standalone changelog parsing.
 """
 
+import logging
 import os
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 
@@ -191,7 +192,12 @@ def make_app(**kwargs):
     dstdir = kwargs.pop('dstdir', mkdtemp())
     doctreedir = kwargs.pop('doctreedir', mkdtemp())
     try:
+        # Sphinx <1.6ish
         Sphinx._log = lambda self, message, wfile, nonl=False: None
+        # Sphinx >=1.6ish. Technically still lets Very Bad Things through,
+        # unlike the total muting above, but probably OK.
+        logging.getLogger('sphinx').setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+        # App API seems to work on all versions so far.
         app = Sphinx(
             srcdir=srcdir,
             confdir=None,

tests/_util.py

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import logging
-
 from docutils.nodes import (
     list_item, paragraph,
 )
@@ -17,12 +15,6 @@ from releases import (
 from releases.util import make_app, changelog2dict
 
 
-# Mute Sphinx's own logging, as it makes test output quite verbose (many
-# 'Running Sphinx' / 'loading pickled environment' messages since we recreate
-# new app objects each time for a clean context.)
-logging.getLogger('sphinx').setLevel(logging.ERROR)
-
-
 def inliner(app=None):
     app = app or make_app()
     return Mock(document=Mock(settings=Mock(env=Mock(app=app))))