Release 3.0.0 (in development) ============================== Dependencies ------------ * LaTeX: drop dependency on :program:`extractbb` for image inclusion in Japanese documents as ``.xbb`` files are unneeded by :program:`dvipdfmx` since TeXLive2015 (refs: #6189) Incompatible changes -------------------- * Drop features and APIs deprecated in 1.8.x * #247: autosummary: stub files are overwritten automatically by default. see :confval:`autosummary_generate_overwrite` to change the behavior * #5923: autodoc: the members of ``object`` class are not documented by default when ``:inherited-members:`` and ``:special-members:`` are given. * #6830: py domain: ``meta`` fields in info-field-list becomes reserved. They are not displayed on output document now * The structure of ``sphinx.events.EventManager.listeners`` has changed * Due to the scoping changes for :rst:dir:`productionlist` some uses of :rst:role:`token` must be modified to include the scope which was previously ignored. Deprecated ---------- * ``sphinx.domains.std.StandardDomain.add_object()`` Features added -------------- * #247: autosummary: Add :confval:`autosummary_generate_overwrite` to overwrite old stub file * #5923: autodoc: ``:inherited-members:`` option takes a name of anchestor class not to document inherited members of the class and uppers * #6830: autodoc: consider a member private if docstring contains ``:meta private:`` in info-field-list * #6558: glossary: emit a warning for duplicated glossary entry * #6558: std domain: emit a warning for duplicated generic objects * #6830: py domain: Add new event: :event:`object-description-transform` * Support priority of event handlers. For more detail, see :py:meth:`.Sphinx.connect()` * #3077: Implement the scoping for :rst:dir:`productionlist` as indicated in the documentation. * #1027: Support backslash line continuation in :rst:dir:`productionlist`. Bugs fixed ---------- * C++, fix cross reference lookup in certain cases involving function overloads. * #5078: C++, fix cross reference lookup when a directive contains multiple declarations. * C++, suppress warnings for directly dependent typenames in cross references generated automatically in signatures. Testing -------- Release 2.4.0 (in development) ============================== Dependencies ------------ Incompatible changes -------------------- Deprecated ---------- * The ``decode`` argument of ``sphinx.pycode.ModuleAnalyzer()`` * ``sphinx.directives.other.Index`` * ``sphinx.environment.temp_data['gloss_entries']`` * ``sphinx.environment.BuildEnvironment.indexentries`` * ``sphinx.environment.collectors.indexentries.IndexEntriesCollector`` * ``sphinx.io.FiletypeNotFoundError`` * ``sphinx.io.get_filetype()`` * ``sphinx.pycode.ModuleAnalyzer.encoding`` * ``sphinx.roles.Index`` * ``sphinx.util.detect_encoding()`` * ``sphinx.util.get_module_source()`` * ``sphinx.util.inspect.Signature`` * ``sphinx.util.inspect.safe_getmembers()`` * ``sphinx.writers.latex.LaTeXTranslator.settings.author`` * ``sphinx.writers.latex.LaTeXTranslator.settings.contentsname`` * ``sphinx.writers.latex.LaTeXTranslator.settings.docclass`` * ``sphinx.writers.latex.LaTeXTranslator.settings.docname`` * ``sphinx.writers.latex.LaTeXTranslator.settings.title`` * ``sphinx.writers.latex.ADDITIONAL_SETTINGS`` * ``sphinx.writers.latex.DEFAULT_SETTINGS`` * ``sphinx.writers.latex.LUALATEX_DEFAULT_FONTPKG`` * ``sphinx.writers.latex.PDFLATEX_DEFAULT_FONTPKG`` * ``sphinx.writers.latex.XELATEX_DEFAULT_FONTPKG`` * ``sphinx.writers.latex.XELATEX_GREEK_DEFAULT_FONTPKG`` Features added -------------- * #6910: inheritance_diagram: Make the background of diagrams transparent * #6446: duration: Add ``sphinx.ext.durations`` to inspect which documents slow down the build * #6837: LaTeX: Support a nested table * #6966: graphviz: Support ``:class:`` option * #6696: html: ``:scale:`` option of image/figure directive not working for SVG images (imagesize-1.2.0 or above is required) * #6994: imgconverter: Support illustrator file (.ai) to .png conversion * autodoc: Support Positional-Only Argument separator (PEP-570 compliant) * #2755: autodoc: Add new event: :event:`autodoc-before-process-signature` * #2755: autodoc: Support type_comment style (ex. ``# type: (str) -> str``) annotation (python3.8+ or `typed_ast `_ is required) * #7051: autodoc: Support instance variables without defaults (PEP-526) * #6418: autodoc: Add a new extension ``sphinx.ext.autodoc.typehints``. It shows typehints as object description if ``autodoc_typehints = "description"`` set. This is an experimental extension and it will be integrated into autodoc core in Sphinx-3.0 * SphinxTranslator now calls visitor/departure method for super node class if visitor/departure method for original node class not found * #6418: Add new event: :event:`object-description-transform` Bugs fixed ---------- * #6925: html: Remove redundant type="text/javascript" from