8.0.0

See https://sphinx-needs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changelog.html

What's Changed

• 📚 Fix 7.0.0 release date by @ubmarco in #1666
• 🐛 Fix linkcheck CI job warnings by @Copilot in #1667
• 🧪 Add tests for variants in links by @ubmarco in #1669
• 📚 DOCS: add sphinx-ai-index to sphinx docs builder by @Felix-Ruh in #1671
• ♻️ Introduce NeedLink structured internal representation for links by @chrisjsewell in #1670
• 🔧 Use NeedLink directly in update_back_links function by @chrisjsewell in #1672
• ♻️ Store NeedLink instead of str in LinksLiteralValue and LinksFunctionArray by @chrisjsewell in #1673
• ♻️ Add _split_link_list parser with condition syntax support by @chrisjsewell in #1674
• ✨ Add conditional need link assessment by @Copilot in #1675
• 🔧 Use get_links(as_str=False) in needextend to avoid round-trip serialization by @chrisjsewell in #1678
• 🔧 Store NeedPartData.backlinks as NeedLink instead of str by @chrisjsewell in #1679
• 👌 Parse link conditions from imported and external needs by @chrisjsewell in #1680
• 👌 Add needs_json_include_link_conditions config option by @Copilot in #1681
• ♻️ Store NeedLink on NeedRef node at parse time instead of re-parsing later by @Copilot in #1682
• 🔧 Bump ENV_DATA_VERSION to 4 for NeedLink storage format change by @Copilot in #1683
• 👌 Add parse_conditions configuration for link types by @Copilot in #1684
• ♻️ Fix links_from_content to use parsed doctree nodes instead of regex by @chrisjsewell in #1685
• 🧪 Add some more tests for links_from_content by @chrisjsewell in #1686
• 🚀 Release v8.0.0 by @chrisjsewell in #1688

New Contributors

• @Felix-Ruh made their first contribution in #1671

Full Changelog: 7.0.0...8.0.0