changing sphinx to 8.1, sphinx python to 3.10

Author: runora95

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-    - uses: PennyLaneAI/sphinx-action@3.9
+    - uses: PennyLaneAI/sphinx-action@master
       with:
         docs-folder: "doc/"
         repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"

.readthedocs.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ python:
 build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.9"
+    python: "3.10"
   apt_packages:
     - graphviz

doc/conf.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
-needs_sphinx = '1.6'
+needs_sphinx = '8.1'
 
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom

doc/requirements.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 jinja2==3.0.3
-sphinx~=3.5.0; python_version < "3.10"
-sphinx==4.2; python_version == "3.10"
+sphinx==8.1 
 docutils==0.16
 sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.4
 sphinxcontrib-bibtex==2.4.2