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Mads Kiilerich

ishell: specify ipython minimum version 4

`gearbox ishell` has an "optional" dependency on ipython as it fails with:
Kallithea ishell requires the IPython Python package
Before the previous change, after installing ipython < 4, it would however
still fail the same way.
With the previous change, it would fail in a slightly more helpful way with:
ImportError: No module named traitlets.config.loader

With ipython < 4, after installing the missing traitlets (4.3.2) as hinted,
ishell still failed with:
TraitError: The 'config' trait of an InteractiveShellEmbed instance must be a Config or None, but a value of class 'traitlets.config.loader.Config' (i.e. {'InteractiveShellEmbed': {'confirm_exit': False}}) was specified.

With ipython >= 4, traitlets is installed as dependency, and ishell works.
Tested with both ipython 4.0 and current latest version 5.8 .

Thus, just clarify that we only support ipython >= 4 .

.. _debugging:

===================
Debugging Kallithea
===================

If you encounter problems with Kallithea, here are some instructions
on how to debug them.

.. note:: First make sure you're using the latest version available.


Enable detailed debug
---------------------

Kallithea uses the standard Python ``logging`` module to log its output.
By default only loggers with ``INFO`` level are displayed. To enable full output
change ``level = DEBUG`` for all logging handlers in the currently used .ini file.
This change will allow you to see much more detailed output in the log file or
console. This generally helps a lot to track issues.


Enable interactive debug mode
-----------------------------

To enable interactive debug mode simply comment out ``set debug = false`` in
the .ini file. This will trigger an interactive debugger each time
there is an error in the browser, or send a http link if an error occurred in the backend. This
is a great tool for fast debugging as you get a handy Python console right
in the web view.

.. warning:: NEVER ENABLE THIS ON PRODUCTION! The interactive console
             can be a serious security threat to your system.