Merge "Replace deprecated library function os.popen() with subprocess"

doc/source/conf.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 # flake8: noqa
 
+import subprocess
 import sys
 import os
 
@@ -136,8 +137,10 @@ html_extra_path = ['_extra']
 
 # If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
 # using the given strftime format.
-git_cmd = "git log --pretty=format:'%ad, commit %h' --date=local -n1"
-html_last_updated_fmt = os.popen(git_cmd).read()
+git_cmd = ["git", "log", "--pretty=format:'%ad, commit %h'", "--date=local",
+           "-n1"]
+html_last_updated_fmt = str(subprocess.Popen(
+    git_cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0])
 
 # If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
 # typographically correct entities.