[3.12] gh-119009: Add gettext target (GH-119006)

Doc/Makefile

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "  clean      to remove build files"
 	@echo "  venv       to create a venv with necessary tools"
 	@echo "  html       to make standalone HTML files"
+	@echo "  gettext    to generate POT files"
 	@echo "  htmlview   to open the index page built by the html target in your browser"
 	@echo "  htmllive   to rebuild and reload HTML files in your browser"
 	@echo "  htmlhelp   to make HTML files and a HTML help project"
@@ -140,6 +141,11 @@ pydoc-topics: build
 	@echo "Building finished; now run this:" \
 	      "cp build/pydoc-topics/topics.py ../Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py"
 
+.PHONY: gettext
+gettext: BUILDER = gettext
+gettext: SPHINXOPTS += '-d build/doctrees-gettext'
+gettext: build
+
 .PHONY: htmlview
 htmlview: html
 	$(PYTHON) -c "import os, webbrowser; webbrowser.open('file://' + os.path.realpath('build/html/index.html'))"

Doc/conf.py

@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@
 # Split the index
 html_split_index = True
 
+# Split pot files one per reST file
+gettext_compact = False
 
 # Options for LaTeX output
 # ------------------------