[BUG]when I followed Contributing guildline ,found scripts/generate_release_notes.py:82: error: Module has no attribute "BooleanOptionalAction" [attr-defined]

[peter-ni-noob]

[env]linux unbuntu 18,python=3.8.raw conda envirionment.
I just follow the CONTRIBUTING.rst,and dont change anything,after "make setup","make pre-commit" is not passed because :
scripts/generate_release_notes.py:82: error: Module has no attribute "BooleanOptionalAction" [attr-defined]
Found 1 error in 1 file (checked 339 source files)
rst code is two backticks............................................Passed
rstcheck.................................................................Failed

• hook id: rstcheck
• exit code: 1

WARNING:rstcheck_core.checker:An AttributeError error occured. This is most probably due to a code block directive (code/code-block/sourcecode) without a specified language. This may result in a false negative for source: 'docs/source/contributing.rst'. The reason can also be another directive. For more information see the FAQ (https://rstcheck-core.rtfd.io/en/latest/faq) or the corresponding github issue: rstcheck/rstcheck-core#3.
WARNING:rstcheck_core.checker:An AttributeError error occured. This is most probably due to a code block directive (code/code-block/sourcecode) without a specified language. This may result in a false negative for source: 'docs/source/changelog.rst'. The reason can also be another directive. For more information see the FAQ (https://rstcheck-core.rtfd.io/en/latest/faq) or the corresponding github issue: rstcheck/rstcheck-core#3.
WARNING:rstcheck_core.checker:An AttributeError error occured. This is most probably due to a code block directive (code/code-block/sourcecode) without a specified language. This may result in a false negative for source: 'docs/source/index.rst'. The reason can also be another directive. For more information see the FAQ (https://rstcheck-core.rtfd.io/en/latest/faq) or the corresponding github issue: rstcheck/rstcheck-core#3.
docs/source/api.rst:4: (INFO/1) No directive entry for "automodule" in module "docutils.parsers.rst.languages.en".
docs/source/api.rst:4: (ERROR/3) Unknown directive type "automodule".
docs/source/api.rst:5: (INFO/1) No directive entry for "automodule" in module "docutils.parsers.rst.languages.en".
docs/source/api.rst:5: (ERROR/3) Unknown directive type "automodule".
docs/source/modules.rst:4: (INFO/1) No directive entry for "autosummary" in module "docutils.parsers.rst.languages.en".
docs/source/modules.rst:4: (ERROR/3) Unknown directive type "autosummary".
Error! Issues detected.

[peter-ni-noob]

I found the cause of this problem is the version of python,it needs python 3.9+,I think we need specify the version recommendation for this project.ref:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15008758/parsing-boolean-values-with-argparse

[peter-ni-noob]

or I can change the code to make it compatible with python 3.8

[arkid15r]

Hi @peter-ni-noob, it seems you're right as BooleanOptionalAction is not available for python3.8
The issue is with our internal script that supports our release process. I guess it'd be fine just suppress the error if possible.

I'll look into it. Thanks for bringing this up!

[peter-ni-noob]

I solved this bug in #1627

[arkid15r]

Fixed in #1627