DOC: Unpin outdated RTD sphinx maxversion

.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml

@@ -48,14 +48,17 @@ jobs:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: '3.12'
             toxenv: py312-test-sphinx80
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            python-version: '3.12'
+            toxenv: py312-test-sphinx81
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: '3.13'
             toxenv: py313-test-sphinxdev
 
           # MacOS X - just the stable and dev
           - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: '3.10'
-            toxenv: py310-test-sphinx80-clocale
+            python-version: '3.11'
+            toxenv: py311-test-sphinx81-clocale
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: '3.13'
             toxenv: py313-test-sphinxdev
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
             toxenv: py38-test-sphinx_oldest
           - os: windows-latest
             python-version: '3.10'
-            toxenv: py310-test-sphinx80
+            toxenv: py310-test-sphinx81
           - os: windows-latest
             python-version: '3.13'
             toxenv: py313-test-sphinxdev

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 0
     - uses: actions/setup-python@42375524e23c412d93fb67b49958b491fce71c38  # v5.4.0
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8
+        python-version: "3.12"
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |

.readthedocs.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.11"
+    python: "3.12"
   jobs:
     post_checkout:
       - git fetch --shallow-since=2023-01-01  || true

LICENSE.rst

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2014-2016, Astropy Developers
+Copyright (c) 2014-2025, Astropy Developers
 
 All rights reserved.
 

MANIFEST.in

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ include CHANGES.rst
 include LICENSE.rst
 
 include setup.cfg
+include pyproject.toml
 
 exclude *.pyc *.o
 prune build

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools>=30.3.0",
-            "setuptools_scm",
+            "setuptools_scm>=8.0.0",
             "wheel"]
 build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta'
 
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
-write_to = "sphinx_automodapi/version.py"
+version_file = "sphinx_automodapi/version.py"

setup.cfg

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ author_email = [email protected]
 license = BSD 3-Clause License
 url = https://github.com/astropy/sphinx-automodapi
 classifiers =
-    Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
+    Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
     Intended Audience :: Developers
     Programming Language :: Python
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ test =
     coverage
     setuptools;python_version>='3.12'
 rtd =
-    # https://github.com/readthedocs/sphinx_rtd_theme/issues/1463
-    sphinx<7
     sphinx-rtd-theme
 
 [options.package_data]

tox.ini

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py{38,39,310,311,312,313}-test-sphinx{_oldest,53,62,70,71,72,80,dev}{-cov}{-clocale}
+envlist = py{38,39,310,311,312,313}-test-sphinx{_oldest,53,62,70,71,72,80,81,dev}{-cov}{-clocale}
 requires = pip >= 18.0
            setuptools >= 30.3.0
 isolated_build = true
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ deps =
     sphinx71: sphinx==7.1.*
     sphinx72: sphinx==7.2.*
     sphinx80: sphinx==8.0.*
+    sphinx81: sphinx==8.1.*
     sphinxdev: git+https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx.git
 extras =
     test: test