[issue35472] python 3.7.2 rc1 bumped the build requirements for no reason

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <vstinner at redhat.com> added the comment:

"for no reason"

I guess that it's related to this change:

commit c03bf0ae794c3bec9b56f38164535fd1f5bfc04a
Author: Adrian Liaw <adrianliaw2000 at gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Nov 5 05:04:51 2018 +0800

    Doc: Disable smartquotes for zh-tw, zh-cn, fr and ja translations (GH-9423)

Extract:

diff --git a/Doc/conf.py b/Doc/conf.py
index 6060ac176c..eb57ee0c93 100644
--- a/Doc/conf.py
+++ b/Doc/conf.py
@@ -41,13 +41,18 @@ today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
 # By default, highlight as Python 3.
 highlight_language = 'python3'
 
-# Require Sphinx 1.2 for build.
-needs_sphinx = '1.2'
+# Require Sphinx 1.7 for build.
+needs_sphinx = '1.7'
 
 # Ignore any .rst files in the venv/ directory.
 venvdir = os.getenv('VENVDIR', 'venv')
 exclude_patterns = [venvdir+'/*', 'README.rst']
 
+# Disable Docutils smartquotes for several translations
+smartquotes_excludes = {
+    'languages': ['ja', 'fr', 'zh_TW', 'zh_CN'], 'builders': ['man', 'text'],
+}
+


According to Sphinx changelog, smartquotes_excludes is a new feature of Sphinx 1.6.6:

https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/changes.html#release-1-6-6-released-jan-08-2018

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