Theme breaks with Sphinx 7.2.0

[kai687]

Trying to build fails with Sphinx 7.2.0 with the following error:

Theme error:
An error happened in rendering the page index.
Reason: TypeError("argument of type '_CascadingStyleSheet' is not iterable")

[humitos]

We are having the same issue with the Read the Docs Sphinx Theme. See readthedocs/sphinx_rtd_theme#1502 cc @picnixz

[kai687]

Well, early investigations are a bit of a bummer:

Sphinx 7.2 dropped Python 3.8 support, but it's still a supported Python release, so the theme should continue to work with Python 3.8 (and Sphinx versions < 7).

That means, as a theme author, I need to support both worlds: (paths as strings vs. paths as paths, Sphinx testing utility, CSS file/JS file type changes).

Or I just throw my hands up and drop support for Python 3.8 going forward.

[kai687]

Related issue: #1512

[DeepakArora76]

I'm eager to know when this issue will be resolved. Can you share any insights on the timeline?

[kai687]

@DeepakArora76 Unfortunately no. Version 5 of this project is still in beta and I don't know when I'll be able to resolve all remaining issues.