tests: update_repo without begging the question
Don't verify changes by comparing the API result from the update with data
directly from the API that contain the same update.
Instead, set the expectations based on the previous API data before applying
the change.
api docs: more consistent use of space around ":" in examples
The examples are informal pseudo code - not json and not python. But let's try
to be consistent anyway.
setup: bump Sphinx version
Sphinx 3.0.4 doesn't version its dependencies correctly, and it fails with latest jinja 3.1.2:
ImportError: cannot import name 'environmentfilter' from 'jinja2' (.../site-packages/jinja2/__init__.py)
Latest Sphinx version supports latest Jinja version and seems to render the
documentation correctly.