this should not be needed and is causing problems in python
3.12 due to the presence of the "changelog" directory
# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("../../lib"))
sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("../..")) # examples
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("."))
+
+# was never needed, does not work as of python 3.12 due to conflicts
+#sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("."))
# -- General configuration --------------------------------------------------