replace hardcoded links to github user profiles with extlinks

Signed-off-by: oleg.hoefling <oleg.hoefling@gmail.com>

doc/en/announce/release-2.9.0.rst

@@ -45,29 +45,29 @@ The py.test Development Team
 **New Features**
 
 * New ``pytest.mark.skip`` mark, which unconditionally skips marked tests.
-  Thanks `@MichaelAquilina`_ for the complete PR (:pull:`1040`).
+  Thanks :user:`MichaelAquilina` for the complete PR (:pull:`1040`).
 
 * ``--doctest-glob`` may now be passed multiple times in the command-line.
-  Thanks `@jab`_ and `@nicoddemus`_ for the PR.
+  Thanks :user:`jab` and :user:`nicoddemus` for the PR.
 
 * New ``-rp`` and ``-rP`` reporting options give the summary and full output
-  of passing tests, respectively. Thanks to `@codewarrior0`_ for the PR.
+  of passing tests, respectively. Thanks to :user:`codewarrior0` for the PR.
 
 * ``pytest.mark.xfail`` now has a ``strict`` option which makes ``XPASS``
   tests to fail the test suite, defaulting to ``False``. There's also a
   ``xfail_strict`` ini option that can be used to configure it project-wise.
-  Thanks `@rabbbit`_ for the request and `@nicoddemus`_ for the PR (:issue:`1355`).
+  Thanks :user:`rabbbit` for the request and :user:`nicoddemus` for the PR (:issue:`1355`).
 
 * ``Parser.addini`` now supports options of type ``bool``. Thanks
-  `@nicoddemus`_ for the PR.
+  :user:`nicoddemus` for the PR.
 
 * New ``ALLOW_BYTES`` doctest option strips ``b`` prefixes from byte strings
   in doctest output (similar to ``ALLOW_UNICODE``).
-  Thanks `@jaraco`_ for the request and `@nicoddemus`_ for the PR (:issue:`1287`).
+  Thanks :user:`jaraco` for the request and :user:`nicoddemus` for the PR (:issue:`1287`).
 
 * give a hint on KeyboardInterrupt to use the --fulltrace option to show the errors,
   this fixes :issue:`1366`.
-  Thanks to `@hpk42`_ for the report and `@RonnyPfannschmidt`_ for the PR.
+  Thanks to :user:`hpk42` for the report and :user:`RonnyPfannschmidt` for the PR.
 
 * catch IndexError exceptions when getting exception source location. This fixes
   pytest internal error for dynamically generated code (fixtures and tests)
@@ -91,19 +91,19 @@ The py.test Development Team
   `pylib <https://pylib.readthedocs.io/en/stable/>`_.
 
 * ``pytest_enter_pdb`` now optionally receives the pytest config object.
-  Thanks `@nicoddemus`_ for the PR.
+  Thanks :user:`nicoddemus` for the PR.
 
 * Removed code and documentation for Python 2.5 or lower versions,
   including removal of the obsolete ``_pytest.assertion.oldinterpret`` module.
-  Thanks `@nicoddemus`_ for the PR (:issue:`1226`).
+  Thanks :user:`nicoddemus` for the PR (:issue:`1226`).
 
 * Comparisons now always show up in full when ``CI`` or ``BUILD_NUMBER`` is
   found in the environment, even when -vv isn't used.
-  Thanks `@The-Compiler`_ for the PR.
+  Thanks :user:`The-Compiler` for the PR.
 
 * ``--lf`` and ``--ff`` now support long names: ``--last-failed`` and
   ``--failed-first`` respectively.
-  Thanks `@MichaelAquilina`_ for the PR.
+  Thanks :user:`MichaelAquilina` for the PR.
 
 * Added expected exceptions to pytest.raises fail message
 
@@ -115,36 +115,20 @@ The py.test Development Team
 
 * The ``-s`` and ``-c`` options should now work under ``xdist``;
   ``Config.fromdictargs`` now represents its input much more faithfully.
-  Thanks to `@bukzor`_ for the complete PR (:issue:`680`).
+  Thanks to :user:`bukzor` for the complete PR (:issue:`680`).
 
 * Fix (:issue:`1290`): support Python 3.5's ``@`` operator in assertion rewriting.
-  Thanks `@Shinkenjoe`_ for report with test case and `@tomviner`_ for the PR.
+  Thanks :user:`Shinkenjoe` for report with test case and :user:`tomviner` for the PR.
 
 * Fix formatting utf-8 explanation messages (:issue:`1379`).
-  Thanks `@biern`_ for the PR.
+  Thanks :user:`biern` for the PR.
 
 * Fix `traceback style docs`_ to describe all of the available options
   (auto/long/short/line/native/no), with ``auto`` being the default since v2.6.
-  Thanks `@hackebrot`_ for the PR.
+  Thanks :user:`hackebrot` for the PR.
 
 * Fix (:issue:`1422`): junit record_xml_property doesn't allow multiple records
   with same name.
 
 
 .. _`traceback style docs`: https://pytest.org/en/stable/how-to/output.html#modifying-python-traceback-printing
-
-
-.. _@biern: https://github.com/biern
-.. _@MichaelAquilina: https://github.com/MichaelAquilina
-.. _@bukzor: https://github.com/bukzor
-.. _@hpk42: https://github.com/hpk42
-.. _@nicoddemus: https://github.com/nicoddemus
-.. _@jab: https://github.com/jab
-.. _@codewarrior0: https://github.com/codewarrior0
-.. _@jaraco: https://github.com/jaraco
-.. _@The-Compiler: https://github.com/The-Compiler
-.. _@Shinkenjoe: https://github.com/Shinkenjoe
-.. _@tomviner: https://github.com/tomviner
-.. _@RonnyPfannschmidt: https://github.com/RonnyPfannschmidt
-.. _@rabbbit: https://github.com/rabbbit
-.. _@hackebrot: https://github.com/hackebrot

doc/en/announce/release-2.9.1.rst

@@ -37,26 +37,21 @@ The py.test Development Team
 **Bug Fixes**
 
 * Improve error message when a plugin fails to load.
-  Thanks `@nicoddemus`_ for the PR.
+  Thanks :user:`nicoddemus` for the PR.
 
 * Fix (:issue:`1178`):
   ``pytest.fail`` with non-ascii characters raises an internal pytest error.
-  Thanks `@nicoddemus`_ for the PR.
+  Thanks :user:`nicoddemus` for the PR.
 
 * Fix (:issue:`469`): junit parses report.nodeid incorrectly, when params IDs
-  contain ``::``. Thanks `@tomviner`_ for the PR (:pull:`1431`).
+  contain ``::``. Thanks :user:`tomviner` for the PR (:pull:`1431`).
 
 * Fix (:issue:`578`): SyntaxErrors
   containing non-ascii lines at the point of failure generated an internal
   py.test error.
-  Thanks `@asottile`_ for the report and `@nicoddemus`_ for the PR.
+  Thanks :user:`asottile` for the report and :user:`nicoddemus` for the PR.
 
 * Fix (:issue:`1437`): When passing in a bytestring regex pattern to parameterize
   attempt to decode it as utf-8 ignoring errors.
 
 * Fix (:issue:`649`): parametrized test nodes cannot be specified to run on the command line.
-
-
-.. _@asottile: https://github.com/asottile
-.. _@nicoddemus: https://github.com/nicoddemus
-.. _@tomviner: https://github.com/tomviner

doc/en/announce/release-2.9.2.rst

@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ The py.test Development Team
 **Bug Fixes**
 
 * fix :issue:`510`: skip tests where one parameterize dimension was empty
-  thanks Alex Stapleton for the Report and `@RonnyPfannschmidt`_ for the PR
+  thanks Alex Stapleton for the Report and :user:`RonnyPfannschmidt` for the PR
 
 * Fix Xfail does not work with condition keyword argument.
-  Thanks `@astraw38`_ for reporting the issue (:issue:`1496`) and `@tomviner`_
+  Thanks :user:`astraw38` for reporting the issue (:issue:`1496`) and :user:`tomviner`
   for PR the (:pull:`1524`).
 
 * Fix win32 path issue when putting custom config file with absolute path
@@ -51,24 +51,15 @@ The py.test Development Team
 
 * Fix maximum recursion depth detection when raised error class is not aware
   of unicode/encoded bytes.
-  Thanks `@prusse-martin`_ for the PR (:pull:`1506`).
+  Thanks :user:`prusse-martin` for the PR (:pull:`1506`).
 
 * Fix ``pytest.mark.skip`` mark when used in strict mode.
-  Thanks `@pquentin`_ for the PR and `@RonnyPfannschmidt`_ for
+  Thanks :user:`pquentin` for the PR and :user:`RonnyPfannschmidt` for
   showing how to fix the bug.
 
 * Minor improvements and fixes to the documentation.
-  Thanks `@omarkohl`_ for the PR.
+  Thanks :user:`omarkohl` for the PR.
 
 * Fix ``--fixtures`` to show all fixture definitions as opposed to just
   one per fixture name.
-  Thanks to `@hackebrot`_ for the PR.
-
-
-.. _@astraw38: https://github.com/astraw38
-.. _@hackebrot: https://github.com/hackebrot
-.. _@omarkohl: https://github.com/omarkohl
-.. _@pquentin: https://github.com/pquentin
-.. _@prusse-martin: https://github.com/prusse-martin
-.. _@RonnyPfannschmidt: https://github.com/RonnyPfannschmidt
-.. _@tomviner: https://github.com/tomviner
+  Thanks to :user:`hackebrot` for the PR.

doc/en/conf.py

@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ extlinks = {
     "pypi": ("https://pypi.org/project/%s/", ""),
     "issue": (f"{_repo}/issues/%s", "issue #"),
     "pull": (f"{_repo}/pull/%s", "pull request #"),
+    "user": ("https://github.com/%s", "@"),
 }
 
 

doc/en/history.rst

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ project:
    born <https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-first-15-years-of-pypy.html>`__.
 -  Like that blog post mentioned, from very early on, there was a big
    focus on testing. There were various ``testsupport`` files on top of
-   unittest.py, and as early as June 2003, Holger Krekel (`@hpk42 <https://github.com/hpk42>`__)
+   unittest.py, and as early as June 2003, Holger Krekel (:user:`hpk42`)
    `refactored <https://mail.python.org/pipermail/pypy-dev/2003-June/000787.html>`__
    its test framework to clean things up (``pypy.tool.test``, but still
    on top of ``unittest.py``, with nothing pytest-like yet).
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ project:
    but that doesn’t seem like a complete test runner at all. What can be seen
    is that there were `various
    efforts <https://foss.heptapod.net/pypy/pypy/-/commits/branch/default?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search=utest>`__
-   by Laura Creighton and Samuele Pedroni (`@pedronis <https://github.com/pedronis>`__) at automatically
+   by Laura Creighton and Samuele Pedroni (:user:`pedronis`) at automatically
    converting existing tests to the new ``utest`` framework.
 -  Around the same time, for Europython 2004, @hpk42 `started a
    project <http://web.archive.org/web/20041020215353/http://codespeak.net/svn/user/hpk/talks/std-talk.txt>`__