Retire/symlink EOL versions?

Currently, 3.0-3.5 and 2.0-2.6 are symlinked to the release/ directory. Should we also retire 2.7, 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8 in the same way?

I'm not sure what procedure @JulienPalard has used in the past, as https://docs.python.org/3.5/ shows the EOL banner even though it is symlinked, meaning the files in release/3.5.10 have changed. We should record what the best course of action is and then apply it to the EOL versions we choose to retire/symlink.

This would also simplify build_docs.py a little bit.

A

adam@docs:/srv/docs.python.org$ ls -al
total 152
drwxrwxr-x  26 docsbuild docs   4096 Oct  7  2024 .
drwxr-xr-x   5 root      root   4096 Aug  8  2024 ..
lrwxrwxrwx   1 docsbuild docs      3 Feb 14  2019 2 -> 2.7
lrwxrwxrwx   1 docsbuild docs     13 Feb 14  2019 2.0 -> release/2.0.1
lrwxrwxrwx   1 docsbuild docs     13 Feb 14  2019 2.1 -> release/2.1.3
lrwxrwxrwx   1 docsbuild docs     13 Feb 14  2019 2.2 -> release/2.2.3
lrwxrwxrwx   1 docsbuild docs     13 Feb 14  2019 2.3 -> release/2.3.5
lrwxrwxrwx   1 docsbuild docs     13 Feb 14  2019 2.4 -> release/2.4.4
lrwxrwxrwx   1 docsbuild docs     13 Feb 14  2019 2.5 -> release/2.5.4
lrwxrwxrwx   1 docsbuild docs     13 Feb 14  2019 2.6 -> release/2.6.9
drwxrwxr-x  19 docsbuild docs   4096 Apr 11  2022 2.7
lrwxrwxrwx   1 docsbuild docs      4 Oct  7  2024 3 -> 3.13
lrwxrwxrwx   1 docsbuild docs     13 Feb 14  2019 3.0 -> release/3.0.1
lrwxrwxrwx   1 docsbuild docs     13 Feb 14  2019 3.1 -> release/3.1.5
drwxrwxr-x  20 docsbuild docs   4096 Apr 15 23:25 3.10
drwxrwxr-x  20 docsbuild docs   4096 Apr 15 23:24 3.11
drwxrwxr-x  19 docsbuild docs   4096 Apr 15 23:22 3.12
drwxrwxr-x  19 docsbuild docs   4096 Apr 15 23:20 3.13
drwxrwxr-x  19 docsbuild docs   4096 Apr 15 23:17 3.14
lrwxrwxrwx   1 docsbuild docs     13 Feb 14  2019 3.2 -> release/3.2.6
lrwxrwxrwx   1 docsbuild docs     13 Feb 14  2019 3.3 -> release/3.3.7
lrwxrwxrwx   1 docsbuild docs     14 Mar 18  2019 3.4 -> release/3.4.10
lrwxrwxrwx   1 larry     larry    14 Sep  5  2020 3.5 -> release/3.5.10
drwxrwxr-x  19 docsbuild docs   4096 Apr 16 01:37 3.6
drwxrwxr-x  20 docsbuild docs   4096 Apr 16 01:35 3.7
drwxrwxr-x  20 docsbuild docs   4096 Apr 15 23:31 3.8
drwxrwxr-x  20 docsbuild docs   4096 Apr 15 23:28 3.9

Commencez par lire build_docs.py et comparer les symlinks release/ existants avec les répertoires de versions listés dans l’issue. Établissez la procédure du projet pour retirer les versions EOL, consignez la décision, appliquez-la aux versions sélectionnées et vérifiez les URLs de documentation et les bannières EOL concernées.