attempt fix docs

Author: LucaMarconato

docs/conf.py

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
     # If building the documentation fails because of a missing link that is outside your control,
     # you can add an exception to this list.
     ("py:class", "Path"),
+    ("py:class", "pathlib._local.Path"),
     ("py:class", "AnnData"),
     ("py:class", "SpatialData"),
     ("py:func", "imageio.imread"),  # maybe this can be fixed

pyproject.toml

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ dev = [
     "pre-commit"
 ]
 doc = [
-    "sphinx>=4.5",
+    "sphinx>=4.5,<9",
     "sphinx-book-theme>=1.0.0",
     "myst-nb",
     "sphinxcontrib-bibtex>=1.0.0",