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Bugs fixed
----------
* 8883: autodoc: AttributeError is raised on assigning __annotations__ on
read-only class
* 8884: html: minified js stemmers not included in the distributed package
* 8885: html: AttributeError is raised if CSS/JS files are installed via
:confval:`html_context`
* 8880: viewcode: ExtensionError is raised on incremental build after
unparsable python module found

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Dependencies
------------
* LaTeX: ``multicol`` (it is anyhow a required part of the official latex2e
base distribution)
Incompatible changes
--------------------
* Update Underscore.js to 1.12.0
* 6550: html: The config variable ``html_add_permalinks`` is replaced by
:confval:`html_permalinks` and :confval:`html_permalinks_icon`
Deprecated
----------
* pending_xref node for viewcode extension
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.anchors_ignore``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.auth``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.broken``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.good``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.redirected``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.rqueue``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.to_ignore``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.workers``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.wqueue``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.node_line_or_0()``
* ``sphinx.ext.autodoc.AttributeDocumenter.isinstanceattribute()``
* ``sphinx.ext.autodoc.directive.DocumenterBridge.reporter``
* ``sphinx.ext.autodoc.importer.get_module_members()``
* ``sphinx.ext.autosummary.generate._simple_info()``
* ``sphinx.ext.autosummary.generate._simple_warn()``
* ``sphinx.writers.html.HTMLTranslator.permalink_text``
* ``sphinx.writers.html5.HTML5Translator.permalink_text``
Features added
--------------
* 8022: autodoc: autodata and autoattribute directives does not show right-hand
value of the variable if docstring contains ``:meta hide-value:`` in
info-field-list
* 8514: autodoc: Default values of overloaded functions are taken from actual
implementation if they're ellipsis
* 8775: autodoc: Support type union operator (PEP-604) in Python 3.10 or above
* 8297: autodoc: Allow to extend :confval:`autodoc_default_options` via
directive options
* 8619: html: kbd role generates customizable HTML tags for compound keys
* 8634: html: Allow to change the order of JS/CSS via ``priority`` parameter
for :meth:`Sphinx.add_js_file()` and :meth:`Sphinx.add_css_file()`
* 6241: html: Allow to add JS/CSS files to the specific page when an extension
calls ``app.add_js_file()`` or ``app.add_css_file()`` on
:event:`html-page-context` event
* 6550: html: Allow to use HTML permalink texts via
:confval:`html_permalinks_icon`
* 1638: html: Add permalink icons to glossary terms
* 8868: html search: performance issue with massive lists
* 8867: html search: Update JavaScript stemmer code to the latest version of
Snowball (v2.1.0)
* 8852: i18n: Allow to translate heading syntax in MyST-Parser
* 8649: imgconverter: Skip availability check if builder supports the image
type
* 8573: napoleon: Allow to change the style of custom sections using
:confval:`napoleon_custom_styles`
* 8004: napoleon: Type definitions in Google style docstrings are rendered as
references when :confval:`napoleon_preprocess_types` enabled
* 6241: mathjax: Include mathjax.js only on the document using equations
* 8775: py domain: Support type union operator (PEP-604)
* 8651: std domain: cross-reference for a rubric having inline item is broken
* 7642: std domain: Optimize case-insensitive match of term
* 8681: viewcode: Support incremental build
* 8132: Add :confval:`project_copyright` as an alias of :confval:`copyright`
* 207: Now :confval:`highlight_language` supports multiple languages
* 2030: :rst:dir:`code-block` and :rst:dir:`literalinclude` supports automatic
dedent via no-argument ``:dedent:`` option
* C++, also hyperlink operator overloads in expressions and alias declarations.
* 8247: Allow production lists to refer to tokens from other production groups
* 8813: Show what extension (or module) caused it on errors on event handler
* 8213: C++: add ``maxdepth`` option to :rst:dir:`cpp:alias` to insert nested
declarations.
* C, add ``noroot`` option to :rst:dir:`c:alias` to render only nested
declarations.
* C++, add ``noroot`` option to :rst:dir:`cpp:alias` to render only nested
declarations.
Bugs fixed
----------
* 8727: apidoc: namespace module file is not generated if no submodules there
* 741: autodoc: inherited-members doesn't work for instance attributes on super
class
* 8592: autodoc: ``:meta public:`` does not effect to variables
* 8594: autodoc: empty __all__ attribute is ignored
* 8315: autodoc: Failed to resolve struct.Struct type annotation
* 8652: autodoc: All variable comments in the module are ignored if the module
contains invalid type comments
* 8693: autodoc: Default values for overloaded functions are rendered as string
* 8134: autodoc: crashes when mocked decorator takes arguments
* 8800: autodoc: Uninitialized attributes in superclass are recognized as
undocumented
* 8655: autodoc: Failed to generate document if target module contains an
object that raises an exception on ``hasattr()``
* 8306: autosummary: mocked modules are documented as empty page when using
:recursive: option
* 8232: graphviz: Image node is not rendered if graph file is in subdirectory
* 8618: html: kbd role produces incorrect HTML when compound-key separators (-,
+ or ^) are used as keystrokes
* 8629: html: A type warning for html_use_opensearch is shown twice
* 8714: html: kbd role with "Caps Lock" rendered incorrectly
* 8123: html search: fix searching for terms containing + (Requires a custom
search language that does not split on +)
* 8665: html theme: Could not override globaltoc_maxdepth in theme.conf
* 8446: html: consecutive spaces are displayed as single space
* 8745: i18n: crashes with KeyError when translation message adds a new auto
footnote reference
* 4304: linkcheck: Fix race condition that could lead to checking the
availability of the same URL twice
* 8791: linkcheck: The docname for each hyperlink is not displayed
* 7118: sphinx-quickstart: questionare got Mojibake if libreadline unavailable
* 8094: texinfo: image files on the different directory with document are not
copied
* 8782: todo: Cross references in todolist get broken
* 8720: viewcode: module pages are generated for epub on incremental build
* 8704: viewcode: anchors are generated in incremental build after singlehtml
* 8756: viewcode: highlighted code is generated even if not referenced
* 8671: :confval:`highlight_options` is not working
* 8341: C, fix intersphinx lookup types for names in declarations.
* C, C++: in general fix intersphinx and role lookup types.
* 8683: :confval:`html_last_updated_fmt` does not support UTC offset (%z)
* 8683: :confval:`html_last_updated_fmt` generates wrong time zone for %Z
* 1112: ``download`` role creates duplicated copies when relative path is
specified
* 2616 (fifth item): LaTeX: footnotes from captions are not clickable,
and for manually numbered footnotes only first one with same number is
an hyperlink
* 7576: LaTeX with French babel and memoir crash: "Illegal parameter number
in definition of ``\FNHprefntext``"
* 8055: LaTeX (docs): A potential display bug with the LaTeX generation step
in Sphinx (how to generate one-column index)
* 8072: LaTeX: Directive :rst:dir:`hlist` not implemented in LaTeX
* 8214: LaTeX: The :rst:role:`index` role and the glossary generate duplicate
entries in the LaTeX index (if both used for same term)
* 8735: LaTeX: wrong internal links in pdf to captioned code-blocks when
:confval:`numfig` is not True
* 8442: LaTeX: some indexed terms are ignored when using xelatex engine
(or pdflatex and :confval:`latex_use_xindy` set to True) with memoir class
* 8750: LaTeX: URLs as footnotes fail to show in PDF if originating from
inside function type signatures
* 8780: LaTeX: long words in narrow columns may not be hyphenated
* 8788: LaTeX: ``\titleformat`` last argument in sphinx.sty should be
bracketed, not braced (and is anyhow not needed) 
* 8849: LaTex: code-block printed out of margin (see the opt-in LaTeX syntax
boolean :ref:`verbatimforcewraps <latexsphinxsetupforcewraps>` for use via
the :ref:`'sphinxsetup' <latexsphinxsetup>` key of ``latex_elements``)
* 8183: LaTeX: Remove substitution_reference nodes from doctree only on LaTeX
builds
* 8865: LaTeX: Restructure the index nodes inside title nodes only on LaTeX
builds
* 8796: LaTeX: potentially critical low level TeX coding mistake has gone
unnoticed so far
* C, :rst:dir:`c:alias` skip symbols without explicit declarations
instead of crashing.
* C, :rst:dir:`c:alias` give a warning when the root symbol is not declared.
* C, ``expr`` role should start symbol lookup in the current scope.

* Add ``address`` provider for ``de_CH``. Thanks andre-dasilva.

* user_agent: bump platform versions. Thanks gsilvan.

* Add ``cs_CZ`` lorem - word list. Thanks jakubno.

* Add ``sk_SK`` automotive provider. Thanks matusvalo.

* Add current_country, current_country_code and administrative_unit. Thanks prescod.

* Add Taiwanese and Palestinian time zones. Thanks prescod.

* Rename ``fr_QC`` to ``fr_CA``. Thanks prescod.

* Fix ``pyfloat`` returning zeros when positive=True. Thanks sciencectn.

* Add currency names for ``th_TH``. Thanks bact.

* Add new currency provider ``pricetag()``. Thanks eumiro.

* Update ``th_TH`` Lorem text provider's punctuations, reduce size of word list (1376). Thanks bact.

* Synchronize ``cs_CZ`` and ``sk_SK`` address provider and split postcodes (1174). Thanks eumiro.

* Enable parallel coveralls builds (1382). Thanks fcurella.

* Fix coveralls (1374). Thanks joke2k.

=========================
Bug Fixes
---------
- `8152 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/8152>`_: Fixed "(<Skipped instance>)" being shown as a skip reason in the verbose test summary line when the reason is empty.
- `8249 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/8249>`_: Fix the ``faulthandler`` plugin for occasions when running with ``twisted.logger`` and using ``pytest --capture=no``.

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* Fixed support for newer setuptools (v42+).
Contributed by Michał Górny in `451 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-cov/pull/451>`_.