Directive for listing authors based on git shortlog -nse
Link docs for Python modules to source code on GitHub
If building docs for a specific tag, lines could also be linked for module members
Generate changelogs based on versionadded/changed directives, link commit list on GitHub between tags
(Ideally, Git and Github above should read as "arbitrary version control system" and "arbitrary source code host".)
Auto-building:
By watching for file changes
As a web server
Building for each page request (but not requests for static files and such), or
Generating pages in memory on demand like traditional web applications, unless this would be difficult with Sphinx (the "websupport" new in 1.1 might be relevant)
Easier theme authoring:
Sample documentation demonstrating most directives
Try a theme without rebuilding:
Could symlink (non-templated) stylesheets, or
Simply generate a single HTML file for the stylesheet's source location, from the sample rst document
Existing
Look into if viewcode could be made aware or origin modules. Currently the documented object is assumed to be defined in the module exposing it, which often isn't the case. It also tends to get out of sync and requiring building with a fresh environment.
New
git shortlog -nse(Ideally, Git and Github above should read as "arbitrary version control system" and "arbitrary source code host".)
Existing