========== Sphinx 4.4

Release 4.4.0 (released Jan 17, 2022)

Dependencies

#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, #9062: add new Intersphinx role :rst:role:external for explicit 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 availability 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