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· 456 commits to master since this release

Changelog: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/changes.html

Dependencies

  • #12633: Drop Python 3.9 support.

Incompatible changes

  • 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).

    Patch by Adam Turner.

  • Removed sphinx.util.osutil.cd
    (use contextlib.chdir).
    Patch by Adam Turner.

  • Removed sphinx.util.typing.stringify
    (use sphinx.util.typing.stringify_annotation).
    Patch by Adam Turner.

  • #12593: Raise an error for invalid html_sidebars values.
    Patch by Adam Turner.

  • #12593: Raise an error in Theme.get_config for invalid sections.
    Patch by Adam Turner.

  • #11693: Remove support for old-style Makefile and make.bat
    output in sphinx-quickstart.

  • #11693: Remove the --no-use-make-mode, -M,
    --use-make-mode, and -m options
    from sphinx-quickstart.
    Patch by Adam Turner.

  • Removed the tuple interface to sphinx.ext.autodoc.ObjectMember.
    Patch by Adam Turner.

  • #12630: Sphinx 8 makes two changes to the linkcheck configuration defaults:

    • linkcheck_allow_unauthorized is now False by default.
    • linkcheck_report_timeouts_as_broken is now False by default.

    Patch by James Addison.

  • #12597: Change the default of show_warning_types
    from False to True.
    Patch by Chris Sewell.

  • #12083: Remove support for the old (2008--2010) Sphinx 0.5 and Sphinx 0.6
    intersphinx_mapping format.
    Patch by Bénédikt Tran and Adam Turner.

  • #12096: Do not overwrite user-supplied files when copying assets
    unless forced with force=True.
    Patch by Adam Turner.

  • #12646: Remove sphinx.util.inspect.isNewType.
    Use isinstance(obj, typing.NewType) instead on Python 3.10 and newer.
    Patch by Adam Turner.

  • Remove the long-deprecated (since Sphinx 2) alias
    to VersionChange in
    sphinx.directives.other
    (Deprecated since Sphinx 2).
    Use sphinx.domains.changeset.VersionChange directly.
    Patch by Adam Turner.

Deprecated

  • #12643: Renamed sphinx.ext.intersphinx.normalize_intersphinx_mapping
    to sphinx.ext.intersphinx.validate_intersphinx_mapping.
    The old name will be removed in Sphinx 10.
    Patch by Adam Turner.
  • #12650, #12686, #12690: Extend the deprecation for string methods on
    pathlib.Path objects to Sphinx 9.
    Use os.fspath to convert :py:class:~pathlib.Path objects to strings,
    or pathlib.Path's methods to work with path objects.
    Patch by Adam Turner.