chore(deps-dev): Update mkdocs-material requirement from ~=9.6.23 to ~=9.7.0 in /gh-pages (#4984)

Updates the requirements on
[mkdocs-material](https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material) to
permit the latest version.
<details>
<summary>Release notes</summary>
<p><em>Sourced from <a
href="https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/releases">mkdocs-material's
releases</a>.</em></p>
<blockquote>
<h2>mkdocs-material-9.7.0</h2>
<blockquote>
<p>[!WARNING]</p>
<p><strong>Material for MkDocs is now in maintenance mode</strong></p>
<p>This is the last release of Material for MkDocs that will receive new
features. Going forward, the Material for MkDocs team focuses on <a
href="https://zensical.org">Zensical</a>, a next-gen static site
generator built from first principles. We will provide critical bug
fixes and security updates for Material for MkDocs for 12 months at
least.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>→ <a
href="https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/blog/2025/11/05/zensical/">Read
the full announcement on our blog</a></p>
<p>This release includes all features that were previously exclusive to
the Insiders edition. These features are now freely available to
everyone.</p>
<p><strong>Note on deprecated plugins</strong>: The <a
href="https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/plugins/projects/">projects</a>
and <a
href="https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/plugins/typeset/">typeset</a>
plugins are included in this release, but must be considered deprecated.
Both plugins proved unsustainable to maintain and represent
architectural dead ends. They are provided as-is without ongoing
support.</p>
<p><strong>Changes</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for projects plugin (for compat, now deprecated)</li>
<li>Added support for typeset plugin (for compat, now deprecated)</li>
<li>Added support for pinned blog posts and author profiles</li>
<li>Added support for customizing pagination for blog index pages</li>
<li>Added support for customizing blog category sort order</li>
<li>Added support for staying on page when switching languages</li>
<li>Added support for disabling tags in table of contents</li>
<li>Added support for nested tags and shadow tags</li>
<li>Added support for footnote tooltips</li>
<li>Added support for instant previews</li>
<li>Added support for instant prefetching</li>
<li>Added support for custom social card layouts</li>
<li>Added support for custom social card background images</li>
<li>Added support for selectable rangs in code blocks</li>
<li>Added support for custom selectors for code annotations</li>
<li>Added support for configurable log level in privacy plugin</li>
<li>Added support for processing of external links in privacy
plugin</li>
<li>Added support for automatic image optimization via optimize
plugin</li>
<li>Added support for navigation paths (breadcrumbs)</li>
<li>Fixed <a
href="https://redirect.github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/issues/8519">#8519</a>:
Vector accents do not render when using KaTeX</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
</details>
<details>
<summary>Changelog</summary>
<p><em>Sourced from <a
href="https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/blob/master/CHANGELOG">mkdocs-material's
changelog</a>.</em></p>
<blockquote>
<p>mkdocs-material-9.7.0 (2025-11-11)</p>
<p>⚠️ Material for MkDocs is now in maintenance mode</p>
<p>This is the last release of Material for MkDocs that will receive new
features.
Going forward, the Material for MkDocs team focuses on Zensical, a
next-gen
static site generator built from first principles. We will provide
critical
bug fixes and security updates for Material for MkDocs for 12 months at
least.</p>
<p>Read the full announcement on our blog:
<a
href="https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/blog/2025/11/05/zensical/">https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/blog/2025/11/05/zensical/</a></p>
<p>This release includes all features that were previously exclusive to
the
Insiders edition. These features are now freely available to
everyone.</p>
<p>Note on deprecated plugins: The projects and typeset plugins are
included in
this release, but must be considered deprecated. Both plugins proved
unsustainable to maintain and represent architectural dead ends. They
are
provided as-is without ongoing support.</p>
<p>Changes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Added support for pinned blog posts and author profiles</li>
<li>Added support for customizing pagination for blog index pages</li>
<li>Added support for customizing blog category sort order</li>
<li>Added support for staying on page when switching languages</li>
<li>Added support for disabling tags in table of contents</li>
<li>Added support for nested tags and shadow tags</li>
<li>Added support for footnote tooltips</li>
<li>Added support for instant previews</li>
<li>Added support for instant prefetching</li>
<li>Added support for custom social card layouts</li>
<li>Added support for custom social card background images</li>
<li>Added support for selectable rangs in code blocks</li>
<li>Added support for custom selectors for code annotations</li>
<li>Added support for configurable log level in privacy plugin</li>
<li>Added support for processing of external links in privacy
plugin</li>
<li>Added support for automatic image optimization via optimize
plugin</li>
<li>Added support for navigation paths (breadcrumbs)</li>
<li>Fixed <a
href="https://redirect.github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/issues/8519">#8519</a>:
Vector accents do not render when using KaTeX</li>
</ul>
<p>mkdocs-material-9.6.23 (2025-11-01)</p>
<ul>
<li>Updated Burmese translation</li>
</ul>
<p>mkdocs-material-9.6.22 (2025-10-15)</p>
<ul>
<li>Updated Georgian translation</li>
</ul>
<p>mkdocs-material-9.6.21 (2025-09-30)</p>
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</blockquote>
<p>... (truncated)</p>
</details>
<details>
<summary>Commits</summary>
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/commit/3308731f1dce2e72809a2167d900b3381ca8d0d1"><code>3308731</code></a>
Updated changelog</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/commit/dba54f7be6532893f8acddc6b89aa3c6491b90de"><code>dba54f7</code></a>
Fixed back-to-top button partial</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/commit/7702610fd3f06ebcf4fd048b1839173926dd3290"><code>7702610</code></a>
Updated blog posts</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/commit/3815f607a56c7390f41ebc30f36fd46a0d121ae1"><code>3815f60</code></a>
Documentation</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/commit/b583ea7765ea770505cafea5c0ca931e12289ad1"><code>b583ea7</code></a>
Prepare 9.7.0 release</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/commit/764178b0121523f7d77bda77b9a024627d1884e7"><code>764178b</code></a>
Merge Insiders features</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/commit/9853cc3a10710e1ee8f641d32fe0cdc83a19673e"><code>9853cc3</code></a>
Documentation</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/commit/f31cfa535509e46d23c4bc22994d02f49ec74826"><code>f31cfa5</code></a>
Removed documentation on sponsoring</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/commit/a8b9ace30ae6f541314baac0e86dc7ba54aa2651"><code>a8b9ace</code></a>
Fixed height of symbols for KaTeX inline rendering</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/commit/c0addd8addc34b38d3049b214265e2b3bd3fc8d3"><code>c0addd8</code></a>
Updated blog post</li>
<li>Additional commits viewable in <a
href="https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/compare/9.6.23...9.7.0">compare
view</a></li>
</ul>
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gh-pages/requirements-dev.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 mkdocs~=1.6.1
 mkdocs-awesome-pages-plugin~=2.10.1
-mkdocs-material~=9.6.23
+mkdocs-material~=9.7.0
 mkdocs-git-revision-date-plugin~=0.3.2