Drop python 3.6 support

.github/workflows/builddoc.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
-        python-version: 3.6
+        python-version: 3.8
     - name: Install dependencies
       run:  |
         sudo apt update

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
-        python-version: 3.6
+        python-version: 3.8
     - name: Install dependencies
       run:  pip install -U tox
     - name: Run Tox

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-        - python: "3.6"
-          docutils: du14
         - python: "3.7"
           docutils: du15
         - python: "3.8"

CHANGES

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Release 6.0.0 (in development)
 Dependencies
 ------------
 
+* Drop python 3.6 support
+
 Incompatible changes
 --------------------
 

doc/internals/contributing.rst

@@ -172,19 +172,19 @@ of targets and allows testing against multiple different Python environments:
 
       tox -av
 
-* To run unit tests for a specific Python version, such as Python 3.6::
+* To run unit tests for a specific Python version, such as Python 3.10::
 
-      tox -e py36
+      tox -e py310
 
 * To run unit tests for a specific Python version and turn on deprecation
   warnings on so they're shown in the test output::
 
-      PYTHONWARNINGS=all tox -e py36
+      PYTHONWARNINGS=all tox -e py310
 
 * Arguments to ``pytest`` can be passed via ``tox``, e.g. in order to run a
   particular test::
 
-      tox -e py36 tests/test_module.py::test_new_feature
+      tox -e py310 tests/test_module.py::test_new_feature
 
 You can also test by installing dependencies in your local environment::
 

doc/internals/release-process.rst

@@ -109,16 +109,16 @@ Ubuntu <https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle>`_ that has standard support.
 For example, as of July 2021, Ubuntu 16.04 has just entered extended
 security maintenance (therefore, it doesn't count as standard support) and
 the oldest LTS release to consider is Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, supported until
-April 2023 and shipping Python 3.6.
+April 2023 and shipping Python 3.8.
 
 This is a summary table with the current policy:
 
 ========== ========= ======
 Date       Ubuntu    Python
 ========== ========= ======
-April 2021 18.04 LTS 3.6+
----------- --------- ------
 April 2023 20.04 LTS 3.8+
+---------- --------- ------
+April 2025 22.04 LTS 3.10+
 ========== ========= ======
 
 Release procedures

doc/usage/installation.rst

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Installing Sphinx
 Overview
 --------
 
-Sphinx is written in `Python`__ and supports Python 3.6+. It builds upon the
+Sphinx is written in `Python`__ and supports Python 3.7+. It builds upon the
 shoulders of many third-party libraries such as `Docutils`__ and `Jinja`__,
 which are installed when Sphinx is installed.
 

setup.py

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 with open('README.rst', encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_desc = f.read()
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 6):
-    print('ERROR: Sphinx requires at least Python 3.6 to run.')
+if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
+    print('ERROR: Sphinx requires at least Python 3.7 to run.')
     sys.exit(1)
 
 install_requires = [
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@
             'build_sphinx = sphinx.setup_command:BuildDoc',
         ],
     },
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    python_requires=">=3.7",
     install_requires=install_requires,
     extras_require=extras_require,
 )

sphinx/ext/extlinks.py

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 """
 
 import re
-import sys
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple
 
 from docutils import nodes, utils
@@ -64,12 +63,7 @@ def check_uri(self, refnode: nodes.reference) -> None:
         title = refnode.astext()
 
         for alias, (base_uri, _caption) in self.app.config.extlinks.items():
-            if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
-                # Replace a leading backslash because re.escape() inserts a backslash before %
-                # on python 3.6
-                uri_pattern = re.compile(re.escape(base_uri).replace('\\%s', '(?P<value>.+)'))
-            else:
-                uri_pattern = re.compile(re.escape(base_uri).replace('%s', '(?P<value>.+)'))
+            uri_pattern = re.compile(re.escape(base_uri).replace('\\%s', '(?P<value>.+)'))
 
             match = uri_pattern.match(uri)
             if match and match.groupdict().get('value'):

sphinx/util/inspect.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from types import MethodType, ModuleType
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Mapping, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Type, cast
 
-from sphinx.pycode.ast import ast  # for py36-37
+from sphinx.pycode.ast import ast  # for py37
 from sphinx.pycode.ast import unparse as ast_unparse
 from sphinx.util import logging
 from sphinx.util.typing import ForwardRef
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ def is_singledispatch_method(obj: Any) -> bool:
     try:
         from functools import singledispatchmethod  # type: ignore
         return isinstance(obj, singledispatchmethod)
-    except ImportError:  # py36-37
+    except ImportError:  # py37
         return False
 
 
@@ -569,25 +569,15 @@ def signature(subject: Callable, bound_method: bool = False, type_aliases: Dict
     """
 
     try:
-        try:
-            if _should_unwrap(subject):
-                signature = inspect.signature(subject)
-            else:
-                signature = inspect.signature(subject, follow_wrapped=True)
-        except ValueError:
-            # follow built-in wrappers up (ex. functools.lru_cache)
+        if _should_unwrap(subject):
             signature = inspect.signature(subject)
-        parameters = list(signature.parameters.values())
-        return_annotation = signature.return_annotation
-    except IndexError:
-        # Until python 3.6.4, cpython has been crashed on inspection for
-        # partialmethods not having any arguments.
-        # https://bugs.python.org/issue33009
-        if hasattr(subject, '_partialmethod'):
-            parameters = []
-            return_annotation = Parameter.empty
         else:
-            raise
+            signature = inspect.signature(subject, follow_wrapped=True)
+    except ValueError:
+        # follow built-in wrappers up (ex. functools.lru_cache)
+        signature = inspect.signature(subject)
+    parameters = list(signature.parameters.values())
+    return_annotation = signature.return_annotation
 
     try:
         # Resolve annotations using ``get_type_hints()`` and type_aliases.

sphinx/util/typing.py

@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@
 
 import sys
 import typing
+import warnings
 from struct import Struct
 from types import TracebackType
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Generator, List, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar, Union
 
 from docutils import nodes
 from docutils.parsers.rst.states import Inliner
 
-from sphinx.deprecation import RemovedInSphinx60Warning, deprecated_alias
+from sphinx.deprecation import (RemovedInSphinx60Warning, RemovedInSphinx70Warning,
+                                deprecated_alias)
 
 if sys.version_info > (3, 7):
     from typing import ForwardRef
@@ -158,10 +160,7 @@ def restify(cls: Optional[Type], mode: str = 'fully-qualified-except-typing') ->
             else:
                 return ':py:class:`%s`' % cls.__name__
         else:
-            if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):  # py37+
-                return _restify_py37(cls, mode)
-            else:
-                return _restify_py36(cls, mode)
+            return _restify_py37(cls, mode)
     except (AttributeError, TypeError):
         return inspect.object_description(cls)
 
@@ -234,6 +233,8 @@ def _restify_py37(cls: Optional[Type], mode: str = 'fully-qualified-except-typin
 
 
 def _restify_py36(cls: Optional[Type], mode: str = 'fully-qualified-except-typing') -> str:
+    warnings.warn('_restify_py36() is deprecated', RemovedInSphinx70Warning)
+
     if mode == 'smart':
         modprefix = '~'
     else:
@@ -390,10 +391,7 @@ def stringify(annotation: Any, mode: str = 'fully-qualified-except-typing') -> s
     elif annotation is Ellipsis:
         return '...'
 
-    if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):  # py37+
-        return _stringify_py37(annotation, mode)
-    else:
-        return _stringify_py36(annotation, mode)
+    return _stringify_py37(annotation, mode)
 
 
 def _stringify_py37(annotation: Any, mode: str = 'fully-qualified-except-typing') -> str:
@@ -472,6 +470,8 @@ def _stringify_py37(annotation: Any, mode: str = 'fully-qualified-except-typing'
 
 def _stringify_py36(annotation: Any, mode: str = 'fully-qualified-except-typing') -> str:
     """stringify() for py36."""
+    warnings.warn('_stringify_py36() is deprecated', RemovedInSphinx70Warning)
+
     module = getattr(annotation, '__module__', None)
     modprefix = ''
     if module == 'typing' and getattr(annotation, '__forward_arg__', None):

tests/test_build.py

@@ -22,29 +22,23 @@ def nonascii_srcdir(request, rootdir, sphinx_test_tempdir):
     # If supported, build in a non-ASCII source dir
     test_name = '\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e'
     basedir = sphinx_test_tempdir / request.node.originalname
-    try:
-        srcdir = basedir / test_name
-        if not srcdir.exists():
-            (rootdir / 'test-root').copytree(srcdir)
-    except UnicodeEncodeError:
-        # Now Python 3.7+ follows PEP-540 and uses utf-8 encoding for filesystem by default.
-        # So this error handling will be no longer used (after dropping python 3.6 support).
-        srcdir = basedir / 'all'
-        if not srcdir.exists():
-            (rootdir / 'test-root').copytree(srcdir)
-    else:
-        # add a doc with a non-ASCII file name to the source dir
-        (srcdir / (test_name + '.txt')).write_text(dedent("""
-            nonascii file name page
-            =======================
-            """), encoding='utf8')
-
-        root_doc = srcdir / 'index.txt'
-        root_doc.write_text(root_doc.read_text(encoding='utf8') + dedent("""
-                            .. toctree::
-
-                               %(test_name)s/%(test_name)s
-                            """ % {'test_name': test_name}), encoding='utf8')
+    srcdir = basedir / test_name
+    if not srcdir.exists():
+        (rootdir / 'test-root').copytree(srcdir)
+
+    # add a doc with a non-ASCII file name to the source dir
+    (srcdir / (test_name + '.txt')).write_text(dedent("""
+        nonascii file name page
+        =======================
+        """), encoding='utf8')
+
+    root_doc = srcdir / 'index.txt'
+    root_doc.write_text(root_doc.read_text(encoding='utf8') + dedent("""
+                        .. toctree::
+
+                           %(test_name)s/%(test_name)s
+                        """ % {'test_name': test_name}), encoding='utf8')
+
     return srcdir
 
 

tests/test_errors.py

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import sys
-
 from sphinx.errors import ExtensionError
 
 
@@ -10,8 +8,4 @@ def test_extension_error_repr():
 
 def test_extension_error_with_orig_exc_repr():
     exc = ExtensionError("foo", Exception("bar"))
-    if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
-        expected = "ExtensionError('foo', Exception('bar',))"
-    else:
-        expected = "ExtensionError('foo', Exception('bar'))"
-    assert repr(exc) == expected
+    assert repr(exc) == "ExtensionError('foo', Exception('bar'))"