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When I try to install mkdocs 1.6.0 I get a warning from pip that mkdocs-material only supports a 1.5.x version of mkdocs.

Copy/pasting a relevant comment from @squidfunk:

Happy to collaborate on the 1.6 transition! Former minor version MkDocs releases sometimes broke parts of Material for MkDocs, which is why we decided to be a little more selective about what version we support. I currently have other things on my plate, but if you'd like to collaborate on a PR to bring Material for MkDocs and Insiders to 1.6, I'm happy to help wherever I can. Reading the release notes of 1.6, I think it should be pretty straight forward to support.

Source for comment: renovatebot/renovatebot.github.io#439 (comment)

I don't feel confident to work on the code on mkdocs-material. I can at least make an issue for this work, so you can track it. Maybe someone from the community can help you work on this feature.

Description

Update Material for MkDocs so it works with 1.6.0. of mkdocs.

Related links

Read the mkdocs 1.6.0 changelog to check for important changes.

mkdocs 1.6.0 also has a new enabled setting for all plugins. I don't know if/how this affects Material for MkDocs. Maybe you should default to enabled: false on some parts, or explictly enabled: true on others...

Use Cases

MkDocs 1.6.0 has new validation options:

• opt-in to validate absolute links
• opt-in to validate absolute links within nav
• recommended to validate anchors in links

It's a good idea to validate the links before publishing the docs, that way readers don't suddenly end up with a broken link.

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