Merge "Fix for the deprecated library function"

doc/source/conf.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import os
+import subprocess
 import sys
 
 import pbr.version
@@ -151,8 +152,10 @@ man_pages = [
 
 # 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 = subprocess.Popen(git_cmd,
+                                     stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
 
 # If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
 # typographically correct entities.