Docs: make external packages optional #2162
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It was noted in #2155 that when packaging Freeciv21, sphinx_rtd_theme and sphinx_last_updated_by_git were needed at build time to create the man pages. The rtd theme is obviously only needed for HTML output and last_updated_by_git doesn't seem to be used with the man pages. Make them both optional by checking if they can be imported when evaluating the config.
This will allow package maintainers to ship man pages even if one of the two packages are missing from their distribution.