gh-86986: bump min sphinx version to 3.2 (GH-93337)

diff --git a/Doc/conf.py b/Doc/conf.py
index e539da539e6551cbea938c00718c930a8f7317e2..46cbab2780c8d9da492348b62a1a97215851dc24 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/conf.py
+++ b/Doc/conf.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
 highlight_language = 'python3'
 
 # Minimum version of sphinx required
-needs_sphinx = '1.8'
+needs_sphinx = '3.2'
 
 # Ignore any .rst files in the venv/ directory.
 exclude_patterns = ['venv/*', 'README.rst']

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2022-05-29-21-22-54.gh-issue-86986.lFXw8j.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2022-05-29-21-22-54.gh-issue-86986.lFXw8j.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..1db028c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2022-05-29-21-22-54.gh-issue-86986.lFXw8j.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The minimum Sphinx version required to build the documentation is now 3.2.