bpo-40204: Pin Sphinx version to 2.3.1 in ``Doc/Makefile``. (GH-21141) (GH-21147)

diff --git a/Doc/Makefile b/Doc/Makefile
index 2169f1a369549585353c75c443d0b6c71b6c29f3..b8ca1edfbc60a58cabc4f29b770329fe1b45bbc4 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/Makefile
+++ b/Doc/Makefile
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ clean:
 venv:
        $(PYTHON) -m venv $(VENVDIR)
        $(VENVDIR)/bin/python3 -m pip install -U pip setuptools
-       $(VENVDIR)/bin/python3 -m pip install -U Sphinx==1.8.2 blurb python-docs-theme
+       $(VENVDIR)/bin/python3 -m pip install -U Sphinx==2.3.1 blurb python-docs-theme
        @echo "The venv has been created in the $(VENVDIR) directory"
 
 dist:

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-06-25-06-59-13.bpo-40204.GpD04D.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-06-25-06-59-13.bpo-40204.GpD04D.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..25a6d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-06-25-06-59-13.bpo-40204.GpD04D.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Pin Sphinx version to 2.3.1 in ``Doc/Makefile``.