fix(build): Only change VersionDirective if supported

The VersionChange class is not available in older versions of sphinx, so
we just disable it

Fixes #2356

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Build
+- Support older python sphinx versions again ([`#2356`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/issues/2356))
 
 ## [3.5.4] - 2021-01-07
 ### Fixed

doc/conf.py

@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 import datetime
-from typing import List
-from docutils.nodes import Node
-from sphinx.domains.changeset import VersionChange
+import sphinx
 import packaging.version
 
 def get_version(root_path):
@@ -32,8 +30,6 @@ def get_version(root_path):
 
   raise RuntimeError("No version found in {}".format(path))
 
-
-
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
 project = 'Polybar User Manual'
@@ -221,12 +217,24 @@ epub_exclude_files = ['search.html']
 # The 'versionadded' and 'versionchanged' directives are overridden.
 suppress_warnings = ['app.add_directive']
 
-def setup(app):
+# It is not exactly clear in which version the VersionChange class was
+# introduced, but we know it is available in at least 1.8.5.
+# This feature is mainly needed for the online docs on readthedocs for the docs
+# built from master, documentation built for proper releases should not even
+# mention unreleased changes. Because of that it's not that important that this
+# is added to local builds.
+if packaging.version.parse(sphinx.__version__) >= packaging.version.parse("1.8.5"):
+
+  from typing import List
+  from docutils.nodes import Node
+  from sphinx.domains.changeset import VersionChange
+
+  def setup(app):
     app.add_directive('deprecated', VersionDirective)
     app.add_directive('versionadded', VersionDirective)
     app.add_directive('versionchanged', VersionDirective)
 
-class VersionDirective(VersionChange):
+  class VersionDirective(VersionChange):
     """
     Overwrites the Sphinx directive for versionchanged, versionadded, and
     deprecated and adds an unreleased tag to versions that are not yet released