Note the changed docs build requirements

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@ -128,18 +128,19 @@ This allows users to install the terminfo file on servers into which they ssh,
without needing to install all of |kitty|.
.. note::
You need a couple of extra dependencies to build linux-package.
:file:`tic` to compile terminfo files, usually found in the
development package of :file:`ncurses`. Also, if you are building from
a git checkout instead of the released source code tarball, you will
need :file:`sphinx-build` from the `Sphinx documentation generator
<https://www.sphinx-doc.org/>`_.
You need a couple of extra dependencies to build linux-package.
:file:`tic` to compile terminfo files, usually found in the
development package of :file:`ncurses`. Also, if you are building from
a git checkout instead of the released source code tarball, you will
need to install the dependencies from ``docs/requirements.txt`` to
build the kitty documentation. They can be installed most easily with
``python -m pip -r docs/requirements.txt``.
This applies to creating packages for |kitty| for macOS package managers such as
brew or MacPorts as well.
.. note::
|kitty| has its own update check mechanism, if you would like to turn
it off for your package, use
``python3 setup.py linux-package --update-check-interval=0``
|kitty| has its own update check mechanism, if you would like to turn
it off for your package, use
``python3 setup.py linux-package --update-check-interval=0``