Sphinx

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Features added
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* 10523: HTML Theme: Expose the Docutils's version info tuple as a template
variable, ``docutils_version_info``. Patch by Adam Turner.

Bugs fixed
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* 10538: autodoc: Inherited class attribute having docstring is documented even
if :confval:`autodoc_inherit_docstring` is disabled
* 10509: autosummary: autosummary fails with a shared library
* 10497: py domain: Failed to resolve strings in Literal. Patch by Adam Turner.
* 10523: HTML Theme: Fix double brackets on citation references in Docutils 0.18+.
Patch by Adam Turner.
* 10534: Missing CSS for nav.contents in Docutils 0.18+. Patch by Adam Turner.

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Bugs fixed
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* 10498: gettext: TypeError is raised when sorting warning messages if a node
has no line number. Patch by Adam Turner.
* 10493: HTML Theme: :dudir:`topic` directive is rendered incorrectly with
Docutils 0.18. Patch by Adam Turner.
* 10495: IndexError is raised for a :rst:role:`kbd` role having a separator.
Patch by Adam Turner.

* 9575: autodoc: The annotation of return value should not be shown when
``autodoc_typehints="description"``
* 9648: autodoc: ``*args`` and ``**kwargs`` entries are duplicated when
``autodoc_typehints="description"``
* 8180: autodoc: Docstring metadata ignored for attributes
* 10443: epub: EPUB builder can't detect the mimetype of .webp file
* 10104: gettext: Duplicated locations are shown if 3rd party extension does
not provide correct information
* 10456: py domain: ``:meta:`` fields are displayed if docstring contains two
or more meta-field
* 9096: sphinx-build: the value of progress bar for paralle build is wrong
* 10110: sphinx-build: exit code is not changed when error is raised on
builder-finished event

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Incompatible changes
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* 10112: extlinks: Disable hardcoded links detector by default
* 9993, 10177: std domain: Disallow to refer an inline target via
:rst:role:`ref` role

Deprecated
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* ``sphinx.ext.napoleon.docstring.GoogleDocstring._qualify_name()``

Features added
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* 10260: Enable ``FORCE_COLOR`` and ``NO_COLOR`` for terminal colouring
* 10234: autosummary: Add "autosummary" CSS class to summary tables
* 10125: extlinks: Improve suggestion message for a reference having title
* 10112: extlinks: Add :confval:`extlinks_detect_hardcoded_links` to enable
hardcoded links detector feature
* 9494, 9456: html search: Add a config variable
:confval:`html_show_search_summary` to enable/disable the search summaries
* 9337: HTML theme, add option ``enable_search_shortcuts`` that enables :kbd:`/` as
a Quick search shortcut and :kbd:`Esc` shortcut that
removes search highlighting.
* 10107: i18n: Allow to suppress translation warnings by adding ``noqa``
comment to the tail of each translation message
* 10252: C++, support attributes on classes, unions, and enums.
* 10253: :rst:role:`pep` role now generates URLs based on `peps.python.org
<https://peps.python.org>`_

Bugs fixed
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* 9876: autodoc: Failed to document an imported class that is built from native
binary module
* 10133: autodoc: Crashed when mocked module is used for type annotation
* 10146: autodoc: :confval:`autodoc_default_options` does not support
``no-value`` option
* 9971: autodoc: TypeError is raised when the target object is annotated by
unhashable object
* 10205: extlinks: Failed to compile regexp on checking hardcoded links
* 10277: html search: Could not search short words (ex. "use")
* 9529: LaTeX: named auto numbered footnote (ex. ``[named]``) that is referred
multiple times was rendered to a question mark
* 9924: LaTeX: multi-line :rst:dir:`cpp:function` directive has big vertical
spacing in Latexpdf
* 10158: LaTeX: excessive whitespace since v4.4.0 for undocumented
variables/structure members
* 10175: LaTeX: named footnote reference is linked to an incorrect footnote if
the name is also used in the different document
* 10269: manpage: Failed to resolve the title of :rst:role:`ref` cross references
* 10179: i18n: suppress "rST localization" warning
* 10118: imgconverter: Unnecessary availablity check is called for remote URIs
* 10181: napoleon: attributes are displayed like class attributes for google
style docstrings when :confval:`napoleon_use_ivar` is enabled
* 10122: sphinx-build: make.bat does not check the installation of sphinx-build
command before showing help

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Dependencies
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* 10007: Use ``importlib_metadata`` for python-3.9 or older
* 10007: Drop ``setuptools``

Features added
--------------

* 9075: autodoc: Add a config variable :confval:`autodoc_typehints_format`
to suppress the leading module names of typehints of function signatures (ex.
``io.StringIO`` -> ``StringIO``)
* 9831: Autosummary now documents only the members specified in a module's
``__all__`` attribute if :confval:`autosummary_ignore_module_all` is set to
``False``. The default behaviour is unchanged. Autogen also now supports
this behavior with the ``--respect-module-all`` switch.
* 9555: autosummary: Improve error messages on failure to load target object
* 9800: extlinks: Emit warning if a hardcoded link is replaceable
by an extlink, suggesting a replacement.
* 9961: html: Support nested <kbd> HTML elements in other HTML builders
* 10013: html: Allow to change the loading method of JS via ``loading_method``
parameter for :meth:`.Sphinx.add_js_file()`
* 9551: html search: "Hide Search Matches" link removes "highlight" parameter
from URL
* 9815: html theme: Wrap sidebar components in div to allow customizing their
layout via CSS
* 9827: i18n: Sort items in glossary by translated terms
* 9899: py domain: Allows to specify cross-reference specifier (``.`` and
``~``) as ``:type:`` option
* 9894: linkcheck: add option ``linkcheck_exclude_documents`` to disable link
checking in matched documents.
* 9793: sphinx-build: Allow to use the parallel build feature in macOS on macOS
and Python3.8+
* 10055: sphinx-build: Create directories when ``-w`` option given
* 9993: std domain: Allow to refer an inline target (ex. ``_`target name)
via :rst:role:`ref` role
* 9981: std domain: Strip value part of the option directive from general index
* 9391: texinfo: improve variable in ``samp`` role
* 9578: texinfo: Add :confval:`texinfo_cross_references` to disable cross
references for readability with standalone readers
* 9822 (and 9062), add new Intersphinx role :rst:role:`external` for explict
lookup in the external projects, without resolving to the local project.

Bugs fixed
----------

* 9866: autodoc: doccomment for the imported class was ignored
* 9883: autodoc: doccomment for the alias to mocked object was ignored
* 9908: autodoc: debug message is shown on building document using NewTypes
with Python 3.10
* 9968: autodoc: instance variables are not shown if __init__ method has
position-only-arguments
* 9194: autodoc: types under the "typing" module are not hyperlinked
* 10009: autodoc: Crashes if target object raises an error on getting docstring
* 10058: autosummary: Imported members are not shown when
``autodoc_class_signature = 'separated'``
* 9947: i18n: topic directive having a bullet list can't be translatable
* 9878: mathjax: MathJax configuration is placed after loading MathJax itself
* 9932: napoleon: empty "returns" section is generated even if no description
* 9857: Generated RFC links use outdated base url
* 9909: HTML, prevent line-wrapping in literal text.
* 10061: html theme: Configuration values added by themes are not be able to
override from conf.py
* 10073: imgconverter: Unnecessary availablity check is called for "data" URIs
* 9925: LaTeX: prohibit also with ``'xelatex'`` line splitting at dashes of
inline and parsed literals
* 9944: LaTeX: extra vertical whitespace for some nested declarations
* 9940: LaTeX: Multi-function declaration in Python domain has cramped
vertical spacing in latexpdf output
* 10015: py domain: types under the "typing" module are not hyperlinked defined
at info-field-list
* 9390: texinfo: Do not emit labels inside footnotes
* 9413: xml: Invalid XML was generated when cross referencing python objects
* 9979: Error level messages were displayed as warning messages
* 10057: Failed to scan documents if the project is placed onto the root
directory
* 9636: code-block: ``:dedent:`` without argument did strip newlines

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Bugs fixed
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* 9917: C and C++, parse fundamental types no matter the order of simple type
specifiers.