GH-125722: Increase minimum supported Sphinx to 8.2.0 (#130444)

diff --git a/Doc/conf.py b/Doc/conf.py
index 19538fe058ba2b5bdbca913bddc73d1ea1b5f8ae..7c7acc8029c73261735e4595367d3bb518c1de92 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/conf.py
+++ b/Doc/conf.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ 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.