Merge pull request matplotlib#27895 from dstansby/sidebar-vers

Remove versions from sidebar in docs

Author: timhoffm

doc/conf.py

@@ -547,7 +547,6 @@ def js_tag_with_cache_busting(js):
 html_sidebars = {
     "index": [
         # 'sidebar_announcement.html',
-        "sidebar_versions.html",
         "cheatsheet_sidebar.html",
         "donate_sidebar.html",
     ],

doc/devel/release_guide.rst

@@ -443,7 +443,6 @@ which will copy the built docs over.  If this is a final release, link the
   rm stable
   ln -s 3.7.0 stable
 
-You will need to manually edit :file:`versions.html` to show the released version.
 You will also need to edit :file:`sitemap.xml` to include
 the newly released version.  Now commit and push everything to GitHub ::