Remove the index and module index pages #21104
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The index is not really helpful. Search is better for all practical purposes. The module index is redundant to the module list on the reference page. And the latter is better because we can control what to show; e.g. we leave out the specific backend modules.
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…104-on-v3.5.x Backport PR #21104 on branch v3.5.x (Remove the index and module index pages)
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DOC: Remove the index and module index pages
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Index and module index are currently linked at the very bottom at:
https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/contents.html#complete-sitemap
The index is not really helpful. Search is better for all practical purposes.
The module index is redundant to the module list on the reference page.
And the latter is better because we can control what to show; e.g. we
leave out the specific backend modules.