sphinx-8.0.2

[Bruce Dubbs]

Yet another point version. Let's wait a while to see if it settles down.

[Bruce Dubbs]

Now version 8.0.2.

Release 8.0.2 (released Jul 30, 2024)

Bugs fixed

• Fix the pygments.Formatter.class_getitem patch.

Release 8.0.1 (released Jul 30, 2024)

• Patch pygments.Formatter.class_getitem in Pygments 2.17.

Release 8.0.0 (released Jul 29, 2024)

Dependencies

• Drop Python 3.9 support.

Incompatible changes

• rst-class:: compact

• Remove deprecated functions from sphinx.util:
  • Removed sphinx.util.path_stabilize (use sphinx.util.osutil.path_stabilize).
  • Removed sphinx.util.display_chunk (use sphinx.util.display.display_chunk).
  • Removed sphinx.util.status_iterator (use sphinx.util.display.status_iterator).
  • Removed sphinx.util.SkipProgressMessage (use sphinx.util.display.SkipProgressMessage).
  • Removed sphinx.util.progress_message (use sphinx.util.display.progress_message).
  • Removed sphinx.util.epoch_to_rfc1123 (use sphinx.http_date.epoch_to_rfc1123).
  • Removed sphinx.util.rfc1123_to_epoch (use sphinx.http_date.rfc1123_to_epoch).
  • Removed sphinx.util.save_traceback (use sphinx.exceptions.save_traceback).
  • Removed sphinx.util.format_exception_cut_frames (use sphinx.exceptions.format_exception_cut_frames).
  • Removed sphinx.util.xmlname_checker (use sphinx.builders.epub3._XML_NAME_PATTERN).

• Removed :py:func:`!sphinx.util.osutil.cd` (use :py:func:`contextlib.chdir`).

• Removed :py:func:`!sphinx.util.typing.stringify` (use :py:func:`!sphinx.util.typing.stringify_annotation`).

• Raise an error for invalid :confval:html_sidebars values.
• Raise an error in :py:func:`!Theme.get_config` for invalid sections.
• Remove support for old-style :file:Makefile and :file:make.bat output in :program:sphinx-quickstart.
• Remove the :option:!--no-use-make-mode, :option:!-M, :option:!--use-make-mode, and :option:!-m options from :program:sphinx-quickstart.
• Removed the tuple interface to :py:class:`!sphinx.ext.autodoc.ObjectMember`.
• Sphinx 8 makes two changes to the linkcheck configuration defaults:
  • :confval:linkcheck_allow_unauthorized is now False by default.
  • :confval:linkcheck_report_timeouts_as_broken is now False by default.
• Change the default of :confval:show_warning_types from False to True.
• Remove support for the old (2008--2010) Sphinx 0.5 and Sphinx 0.6 :confval:intersphinx_mapping format.
• Do not overwrite user-supplied files when copying assets unless forced with force=True.
• :py:func:`!sphinx.util.inspect.isNewType`. Use isinstance(obj, typing.NewType) instead on Python 3.10 and newer.
• Remove the long-deprecated (since Sphinx 2) alias to :py:class:`!VersionChange` in :py:mod:`!sphinx.directives.other` (Deprecated since Sphinx 2). Use :py:class:`!sphinx.domains.changeset.VersionChange` directly.

Deprecated

• Renamed sphinx.ext.intersphinx.normalize_intersphinx_mapping to sphinx.ext.intersphinx.validate_intersphinx_mapping. The old name will be removed in Sphinx 10.
• Extend the deprecation for string methods on :py:class:`~pathlib.Path` objects to Sphinx 9. Use :py:func:`os.fspath to convert :py:class:~pathlib.Path` objects to strings, or :py:class:`~pathlib.Path`'s methods to work with path objects.

Release 7.4.7 (released Jul 20, 2024)

Bugs fixed

• Warn when files are overwritten in the build directory.
• Ensure that old-style object description options are respected.
• Support callable objects in :py:class:`~typing.Annotated` type metadata in the Python domain.
• Resolve :py:class:`~typing.Annotated` warnings with sphinx.ext.autodoc, especially when using :mod:dataclasses as type metadata.
• autosummary: Fix warnings with :rst:role:`!autolink`.

[Bruce Dubbs]

Fixed at commits

c189a023b4 Update gstreamer stack to 1.24.6.
ee14f5f257 Update to sphinx-8.0.2 (Python module).