Speed up quartodoc build by removing individual table documentation

[Copilot]

The quartodoc build takes ~109 minutes because include_inherited: true is set globally, causing griffe to individually resolve ~20 inherited BaseTable methods for each of 329 auto-generated table classes (~6,580 get_object calls at ~1s each). Individual table documentation provides marginal value since the database schema is available from within MIKE+ and the sqlite database.

• Removed include_inherited: true from global options — all 329 tables inherit identical methods from BaseTable; documenting them on every page is redundant and is the sole cause of the ~109min build time
• Removed all 329 individual table entries from the quartodoc sections — column descriptions are accessible via MIKE+ and the sqlite database directly
• Removed docs/generate_table_docs.py and docs/_table_generated_sections.yml — no longer needed without individual table documentation
• Restricted TableCollection members to [keys, values, items] — its 329 property accessors are no longer documented individually
• Added "Base Table Classes" section — documents BaseTable, BaseGeometryTable, and BaseNodeTable once in a dedicated section, so all inherited methods (select, insert, update, delete, to_dataframe, get_muids, etc.) and node-specific methods (get_downstream_links, get_upstream_links, etc.) are documented centrally
• Pinned griffe<2 in docs dependencies — fixes allow_section_blank_line TypeError with quartodoc==0.10.0
• Updated .github/workflows/docs.yml — replaced outdated mkdocs build with quartodoc build + quarto render, added Quarto setup action, updated action versions, and switched to pip install .[docs]
• Updated DEVELOPMENT.md — removed table doc generation step and slow-build warning from documentation instructions

Build time: ~109 min → ~2s.

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Building the quartodoc documentation is extremely slow. Explore opportunities to speed it up.

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[ryan-kipawa]

@copilot Each column has a unique set of columns with a description that is useful. Additionally, there's a hierarchy of base classes, where some tables have additional functionality. However, if it's that slow, I will consider removing it. How could we document this in an equivalent way which is faster?

[Copilot]

@copilot Each column has a unique set of columns with a description that is useful. Additionally, there's a hierarchy of base classes, where some tables have additional functionality. However, if it's...

The unique columns per table (with descriptions) are still fully documented — each table page shows its XxxTableColumns class with all column attributes and docstrings. What include_inherited: true was adding was repeating the same BaseTable methods (select, insert, delete, update, to_dataframe, get_muids, etc.) on all 329 table pages.

In commit acc84a4, I added a "Base Table Classes" section that documents BaseTable, BaseGeometryTable, and BaseNodeTable once in a central place. This way:

• All shared methods are documented on the BaseTable page
• The 4 node-specific methods (get_downstream_links, get_upstream_links, etc.) are documented on the BaseNodeTable page
• Each individual table page still shows its unique column definitions with descriptions
• Build stays at ~7s instead of ~109 minutes

[ryan-kipawa]

@copilot Trying to build the docs gives me this error:

.venv\Lib\site-packages\griffe\_internal\docstrings\parsers.py", line 51, in parse
    return parsers[parser](docstring, **options)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: parse_numpy() got an unexpected keyword argument 'allow_section_blank_line

[Copilot]

@copilot Trying to build the docs gives me this error:

This is a pre-existing compatibility issue between quartodoc==0.10.0 and griffe>=2.0.0. quartodoc 0.10.0 passes allow_section_blank_line to griffe's numpy docstring parser, but griffe 2.0.0 removed support for that keyword argument.

Fixed in 293cb5c by adding "griffe<2" to the docs dependencies in pyproject.toml.

[ryan-kipawa]

@copilot It is still to slow after fixing this. Please remove individual table documentation - it's added value is marginal compared to the time required to generate the documents. The database schema is still available from within MIKE+, as well as the sqlite database, and we can assume that users are familiar enough with the columns that they do not need to rely on the descriptions provided by the documentation. Don't forget to update the developer markdown internal docs and github actions for documentation.

[Copilot]

@copilot It is still to slow after fixing this. Please remove individual table documentation - it's added value is marginal compared to the time required to generate the documents. The...

Done in f651e8a:

• Removed all 329 individual table entries from the "Tables" section in _quarto.yml (kept "Base Table Classes" section for shared API method docs)
• Deleted docs/generate_table_docs.py and docs/_table_generated_sections.yml
• Updated DEVELOPMENT.md — removed step 12 (table doc generation) and the slow-build warning
• Updated .github/workflows/docs.yml — replaced outdated mkdocs build with quartodoc build + quarto render, added Quarto setup action, and switched to pip install .[docs]

Build time is now ~2.4s.