bump minimum requirement for building docs to python 3.8

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Axel Kohlmeyer
2023-05-10 19:09:13 -04:00
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@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ can be translated to different output format using the `Sphinx
incorporates programmer documentation extracted from the LAMMPS C++
sources through the `Doxygen <https://doxygen.nl/>`_ program. Currently
the translation to HTML, PDF (via LaTeX), ePUB (for many e-book readers)
and MOBI (for Amazon Kindle readers) are supported. For that to work a
Python 3 interpreter, the ``doxygen`` tools and internet access to
download additional files and tools are required. This download is
usually only required once or after the documentation folder is returned
to a pristine state with ``make clean-all``.
and MOBI (for Amazon Kindle(tm) readers) are supported. For that to work a
Python interpreter version 3.8 or later, the ``doxygen`` tools and
internet access to download additional files and tools are required.
This download is usually only required once or after the documentation
folder is returned to a pristine state with ``make clean-all``.
For the documentation build a python virtual environment is set up in
the folder ``doc/docenv`` and various python packages are installed into