adhering to best practices

Author: RitvikKapila

.readthedocs.yaml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.12"
+    python: "3.8"
 
 # Build documentation in the doc/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ submodules:
 python:
   install:
     - requirements: dev_requirements/doc-requirements.txt
-    - method: setuptools
+    - method: pip
       path: .