[3.12] GH-125722: Increase minimum supported Sphinx to 8.2.0 (GH-130444) (#130859)

GH-125722: Increase minimum supported Sphinx to 8.2.0 (GH-130444)
(cherry picked from commit e53d105872fafa77507ea33b7ecf0faddd4c3b60)

Co-authored-by: Adam Turner <9087854+AA-Turner@users.noreply.github.com>

diff --git a/Doc/conf.py b/Doc/conf.py
index 8e7ff47b260b2d55eb5633afab5644430ba3aaa3..582da19e6fb3f15c8a1134274515d6fd1698f603 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/conf.py
+++ b/Doc/conf.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ highlight_language = 'python3'
 
 # Minimum version of sphinx required
 # Keep this version in sync with ``Doc/requirements.txt``.
-needs_sphinx = '8.1.3'
+needs_sphinx = '8.2.0'
 
 # Create table of contents entries for domain objects (e.g. functions, classes,
 # attributes, etc.). Default is True.

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2025-02-22-02-24-39.gh-issue-125722.zDIUFV.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2025-02-22-02-24-39.gh-issue-125722.zDIUFV.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..6e20c08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2025-02-22-02-24-39.gh-issue-125722.zDIUFV.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Require Sphinx 8.2.0 or later to build the Python documentation. Patch by
+Adam Turner.