[PATCH 10/12] sphinx: require sphinx 7.2.6

Make the extraordinary leap from Sphinx 3.4.3 to Sphinx
7.2.6. Simplifications and cleanup will follow in subsequent patches.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <[email protected]>
---
 docs/conf.py             |  4 ++--
 python/setup.cfg         |  2 +-
 python/tests/minreqs.txt | 29 ++++++++++++++++-------------
 pythondeps.toml          |  4 ++--
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 7e35d2158d3..cded047b539 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
 #
-# 3.4.3 is the oldest version of Sphinx that ships on a platform we
+# 7.2.6 is the oldest version of Sphinx that ships on a platform we
 # pledge build support for.
-needs_sphinx = '3.4.3'
+needs_sphinx = '7.2.6'
 
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg
index ebb4230899c..927f72a46f6 100644
--- a/python/setup.cfg
+++ b/python/setup.cfg
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ devel =
     pylint >= 2.17.3
     pytest >= 6.2.4
     tox >= 3.18.0
-    sphinx >= 3.4.3
+    sphinx >= 7.2.6
 
 # Provides qom-fuse functionality
 fuse =
diff --git a/python/tests/minreqs.txt b/python/tests/minreqs.txt
index 85cfa08cf76..7154ad40040 100644
--- a/python/tests/minreqs.txt
+++ b/python/tests/minreqs.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # on PyPI that allows the test suite to pass.
 
 # Dependencies for qapidoc/qapi_domain et al
-sphinx==3.4.3
+sphinx==7.2.6
 
 # Dependencies for qemu.machine
 qemu.qmp==0.0.6
@@ -48,23 +48,26 @@ platformdirs==2.2.0
 tomlkit==0.10.1
 
 # Transitive sphinx dependencies
-Jinja2==2.7
-MarkupSafe==1.1.0
 alabaster==0.7.1
-babel==1.3
-docutils==0.12
-imagesize==0.5.0
-packaging==14.0
-Pygments==2.0
-pytz==2014.9
-requests==2.5.0
-snowballstemmer==1.1
+babel==2.9
+certifi==2023.5.7
+charset-normalizer==2.0.0
+docutils==0.18.1
+idna==2.5
+imagesize==1.3
+Jinja2==3.0.0
+MarkupSafe==2.0
+packaging==21.0
+Pygments==2.14
+requests==2.25.0
+snowballstemmer==2.0
 sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.0
 sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.0
-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==1.0.0
+sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.0
 sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.0
 sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.0
-sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.0.0
+sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.9
+urllib3==1.26
 
 # Transitive pytest dependencies
 attrs==19.2.0
diff --git a/pythondeps.toml b/pythondeps.toml
index b1879c1a4da..f0f3af915a1 100644
--- a/pythondeps.toml
+++ b/pythondeps.toml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ meson = { accepted = ">=1.12.0", installed = "1.12.0", canary = "meson" }
 
 [docs]
 # Please keep the installed versions in sync with docs/requirements.txt
-sphinx = { accepted = ">=3.4.3", installed = "6.2.1", canary = "sphinx-build" }
-sphinx_rtd_theme = { accepted = ">=0.5", installed = "1.2.2" }
+sphinx = { accepted = ">=7.2.6", installed = "7.2.6", canary = "sphinx-build" }
+sphinx_rtd_theme = { accepted = ">=1.2.2", installed = "1.2.2" }
 
 # This test group is for dependencies required to run various tooling
 # and tests that should always be installed at configure time. It should
-- 
2.55.0