=====================================

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

* 11542: linkcheck: Properly respect :confval:`linkcheck_anchors`
and do not spuriously report failures to validate anchors.
Patch by James Addison.

=====================================

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

* 11514: Fix ``SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH`` in multi-line copyright footer.
Patch by Bénédikt Tran.

=====================================

Incompatible changes
--------------------

* Releases are no longer signed, given the `change in PyPI policy`_.

.. _change in PyPI policy: https://blog.pypi.org/posts/2023-05-23-removing-pgp/

Deprecated
----------

* 11412: Emit warnings on using a deprecated Python-specific index entry type
(namely, ``module``, ``keyword``, ``operator``, ``object``, ``exception``,
``statement``, and ``builtin``) in the :rst:dir:`index` directive, and
set the removal version to Sphinx 9. Patch by Adam Turner.

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

* 11415: Add a checksum to JavaScript and CSS asset URIs included within
generated HTML, using the CRC32 algorithm.
* :meth:`~sphinx.application.Sphinx.require_sphinx` now allows the version
requirement to be specified as ``(major, minor)``.
* 11011: Allow configuring a line-length limit for object signatures, via
:confval:`maximum_signature_line_length` and the domain-specific variants.
If the length of the signature (in characters) is greater than the configured
limit, each parameter in the signature will be split to its own logical line.
This behaviour may also be controlled by options on object description
directives, for example :rst:dir:`py:function:single-line-parameter-list`.
Patch by Thomas Louf, Adam Turner, and Jean-François B.
* 10983: Support for multiline copyright statements in the footer block.
Patch by Stefanie Molin
* ``sphinx.util.display.status_iterator`` now clears the current line
with ANSI control codes, rather than overprinting with space characters.
* 11431: linkcheck: Treat SSL failures as broken links.
Patch by James Addison.
* 11157: Keep the ``translated`` attribute on translated nodes.
* 11451: Improve the traceback displayed when using :option:`sphinx-build -T`
in parallel builds. Patch by Bénédikt Tran
* 11324: linkcheck: Use session-basd HTTP requests.
* 11438: Add support for the :rst:dir:`py:class` and :rst:dir:`py:function`
directives for PEP 695 (generic classes and functions declarations) and
PEP 696 (default type parameters).  Multi-line support (11011) is enabled
for type parameters list and can be locally controlled on object description
directives, e.g., :rst:dir:`py:function:single-line-type-parameter-list`.
Patch by Bénédikt Tran.
* 11484: linkcheck: Allow HTML anchors to be ignored on a per-URL basis
via :confval:`linkcheck_anchors_ignore_for_url` while
still checking the validity of the page itself.
Patch by Bénédikt Tran
* 1246: Add translation progress statistics and inspection support,
via a new substitution (``|translation progress|``) and a new
configuration variable (:confval:`translation_progress_classes`).
These enable determining the percentage of translated elements within
a document, and the remaining translated and untranslated elements.

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

* Restored the ``footnote-reference`` class that has been removed in
the latest (unreleased) version of Docutils.
* 11486: Use :rfc:`8081` font file MIME types in the EPUB builder.
Using the correct MIME type will prevent warnings from ``epubcheck``
and will generate a valid EPUB.
* 11435: Use microsecond-resolution timestamps for outdated file detection
in ``BuildEnvironment.get_outdated_files``.
* 11437: Top-level headings starting with a reStructuredText role
now render properly when :confval:`rst_prolog` is set.
Previously, a file starting with the below would have
improperly rendered due to where the prologue text
was inserted into the document.

.. code:: rst

  :mod:`lobster` -- The lobster module
  ====================================

  ...

Patch by Bénédikt Tran.
* 11337: Fix a ``MemoryError`` in ``sphinx.ext.intersphinx`` when using ``None``
or ``typing.*`` as inline type references. Patch by Bénédikt Tran (picnixz)

Testing
-------

* 11345: Always delete ``docutils.conf`` in test directories when running
``SphinxTestApp.cleanup()``.

=====================================

Dependencies
------------

* 11411: Support `Docutils 0.20`_. Patch by Adam Turner.

.. _Docutils 0.20: https://docutils.sourceforge.io/RELEASE-NOTES.html#release-0-20-2023-05-04

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

* 11418: Clean up remaining references to ``sphinx.setup_command``
following the removal of support for setuptools.
Patch by Willem Mulder.

=====================================

Incompatible changes
--------------------

* 11359: Remove long-deprecated aliases for ``MecabSplitter`` and
``DefaultSplitter`` in ``sphinx.search.ja``.
* 11360: Remove deprecated ``make_old_id`` functions in domain object
description classes.
* 11363: Remove the Setuptools integration (``build_sphinx`` hook in
``setup.py``).
* 11364: Remove deprecated ``sphinx.ext.napoleon.iterators`` module.
* 11365: Remove support for the ``jsdump`` format in ``sphinx.search``.
* 11366: Make ``locale`` a required argument to
``sphinx.util.i18n.format_date()``.
* 11370: Remove deprecated ``sphinx.util.stemmer`` module.
* 11371: Remove deprecated ``sphinx.pycode.ast.parse()`` function.
* 11372: Remove deprecated ``sphinx.io.read_doc()`` function.
* 11373: Removed deprecated ``sphinx.util.get_matching_files()`` function.
* 11378: Remove deprecated ``sphinx.util.docutils.is_html5_writer_available()``
function.
* 11379: Make the ``env`` argument to ``Builder`` subclasses required.
* 11380: autosummary: Always emit grouped import exceptions.
* 11381: Remove deprecated ``style`` key for HTML templates.
* 11382: Remove deprecated ``sphinx.writers.latex.LaTeXTranslator.docclasses``
attribute.
* 11383: Remove deprecated ``sphinx.builders.html.html5_ready`` and
``sphinx.builders.html.HTMLTranslator`` attributes.
* 11385: Remove support for HTML 4 output.