def configure_technote(meta_stream):
    """Builds a ``dict`` of Sphinx configuration variables given a central
    configuration for LSST Design Documents and a metadata YAML file.

    This function refactors the common Sphinx ``conf.py`` script so that basic
    configurations are managed centrally in this module, while author-updatable
    metadata is stored in a ``metadata.yaml`` file in the document's
    repository.  To use this function, a ``conf.py`` need only look like

    .. code:: python

       import os
       from documenteer.sphinxconfig.technoteconf import configure_technote

       metadata_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'metadata.yaml')
       with open(metadata_path, 'r') as f:
           confs = configure_technote(f)
       _g = global()
       _g.update(confs)

    And ``metadata.yaml`` looks like:

    .. code-block:: yaml

       doc_id: 'LDM-152'
       doc_title: 'Data Management Middleware Design'
       copyright: '2015, AURA/LSST'
       authors:
           - 'Kian-Tat Lim'
           - 'Ray Plante'
           - 'Gregory Dubois-Felsmann'
       # Current document version
       last_revised: 'October 10, 2013'
       version: '10.0'
       # dev_version_suffix: None  # e.g. 'alpha'/'beta'/'rc' if necessary

    Parameters
    ----------
    meta_stream : file handle
        A file stream (e.g., from :func:`open`) for the ``metadata.yaml``
        document in a design document's repository.

    Returns
    -------
    confs : `dict`
        Dictionary of configurations that should be added to the ``conf.py``
        global namespace.
    """
    _metadata = yaml.load(meta_stream)
    confs = _build_confs(_metadata)
    return confs
Builds a ``dict`` of Sphinx configuration variables given a central
    configuration for LSST Design Documents and a metadata YAML file.

    This function refactors the common Sphinx ``conf.py`` script so that basic
    configurations are managed centrally in this module, while author-updatable
    metadata is stored in a ``metadata.yaml`` file in the document's
    repository.  To use this function, a ``conf.py`` need only look like

    .. code:: python

       import os
       from documenteer.sphinxconfig.technoteconf import configure_technote

       metadata_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'metadata.yaml')
       with open(metadata_path, 'r') as f:
           confs = configure_technote(f)
       _g = global()
       _g.update(confs)

    And ``metadata.yaml`` looks like:

    .. code-block:: yaml

       doc_id: 'LDM-152'
       doc_title: 'Data Management Middleware Design'
       copyright: '2015, AURA/LSST'
       authors:
           - 'Kian-Tat Lim'
           - 'Ray Plante'
           - 'Gregory Dubois-Felsmann'
       # Current document version
       last_revised: 'October 10, 2013'
       version: '10.0'
       # dev_version_suffix: None  # e.g. 'alpha'/'beta'/'rc' if necessary

    Parameters
    ----------
    meta_stream : file handle
        A file stream (e.g., from :func:`open`) for the ``metadata.yaml``
        document in a design document's repository.

    Returns
    -------
    confs : `dict`
        Dictionary of configurations that should be added to the ``conf.py``
        global namespace.