Update sphinx theme

[arnaucasau]

Summary

Updates to new Ecosystem theme.

For more information: Qiskit/qiskit_sphinx_theme#232

[fretchen]

Is it possible that this update also requires us to update the requirements for python to be >=3.8 ?

[arnaucasau]

@fretchen Yes, in order to use the new Sphinx theme (version 1.16) it requires at least python 3.8

[fretchen]

In this case I do not see any reason to keep python-3.7 here. Could you update this ?

Optional question: Is there any upper limit on python versions against which we can test within qiskit-community? In other words. Could we update the tests to work for python 3.8 to 3.11 or something like this ?

[Eric-Arellano]

Yes, in order to use the new Sphinx theme (version 1.16) it requires at least python 3.8

To clarify, Sphinx is a dev requirement. It has no impact on end users. But indeed, modern Sphinx requires 3.8+. Either way, Python 3.7 is now EOL (end of life), so it's a good idea to drop it.

Could you update this ?

@arnaucasau I recommend you have a dedicated PR that drops Python 3.7 as a precursor to this PR. You'll want to update all the GitHub actions files, along with the project metadata:

qiskit-cold-atom/setup.py

Lines 46 to 47 in 36e62d7

	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",

qiskit-cold-atom/setup.py

Line 56 in 36e62d7

python_requires=">=3.6",

In other words. Could we update the tests to work for python 3.8 to 3.11 or something like this ?

Qiskit should work well with 3.11, the latest stable release. I would recommend testing 3.8 and 3.11 in CI, and not 3.9 anymore. Given Python's backward compatibility, 3.9 and 3.10 should work if 3.8 and 3.11 also work. @arnaucasau this would be good to include in your PR to drop Python 3.7.

[fretchen]

Almost good to me if you could add the reno file.

[Eric-Arellano]

Almost good to me if you could add the reno file.

Saying what? This PR now only changes the docs theme, which has little user impact. Arnau changed the Python version separately in #82.

[fretchen]

Ok. I see your point. Eric Arellano ***@***.***> schrieb am Do. 19. Okt. 2023 um 21:52:

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[fretchen]

LGTM.

[Eric-Arellano]

Thanks, @fretchen! Arnau doesn't have write access so will need a maintainer to merge this.