This release updates many of the underlying software packages used by `jupyter-book` including major updates to [myst-nb](https://github.com/executablebooks/myst-nb) and [myst-parser](https://github.com/executablebooks/myst-parser) which power `jupyter-book`. This release also brings compatibility with `sphinx v5`.
A big **thank you** to all contributors and maintainers of these underlying packages. There have been many major updates that will flow through to `jupyter-book` with this release.
A [migration assistance page](https://jupyterbook.org/en/stable/explain/migration.html) has been setup to assist users with updates to your `configuration` and highlights a few of the common `breaking changes` which are discussed with examples.
### Package Updates
-[#1842](https://github.com/executablebooks/jupyter-book/pull/1842) updates [myst-nb](https://github.com/executablebooks/MyST-NB) moving from `myst-nb~=0.13.1` to `myst-nb~=0.17.1`. This incorporates three major updates to [myst-nb](https://github.com/executablebooks/MyST-NB/releases) which in turn incorporates changes to the underlying [myst-parser](https://github.com/executablebooks/MyST-Parser/releases) moving from `myst-parser~=0.15` to `myst-parser~=0.18`.
-[#1842](https://github.com/executablebooks/jupyter-book/pull/1842) enables compatibility with `docutils>=0.15,<0.19`
-[#1842](https://github.com/executablebooks/jupyter-book/pull/1842) incorporates updates for `sphinx-design`, `sphinx-thebe` and `sphinx-book-theme`.
### Docs
- DOCS: Fix gallery URL [1933](https://github.com/executablebooks/jupyter-book/pull/1933) and [1937](https://github.com/executablebooks/jupyter-book/pull/1937)
- FIX: Address typo in docs [#1841](https://github.com/executablebooks/jupyter-book/pull/1841)([@mmcky](https://github.com/mmcky))
### Contributors to this release
([GitHub contributors page for this release](https://github.com/executablebooks/jupyter-book/graphs/contributors?from=2023-02-07&to=2023-02-28&type=c))
However this excludes the many major contributions in underlying projects which are documented in the table below.