From: Stan Ulbrych <89152624+StanFromIreland@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 19:22:34 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: gh-138843: Removing "Unpacking" section from Download page (GH-139918)
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gh-138843: Removing "Unpacking" section from Download page (GH-139918)
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diff --git a/Doc/tools/templates/download.html b/Doc/tools/templates/download.html
index 523b505f5967..f914ad862116 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/templates/download.html
+++ b/Doc/tools/templates/download.html
@@ -75,16 +75,6 @@ and run <code>make dist-pdf</code> in the <code>Doc/</code> directory of a copy
 See the <a href="https://docs.python.org/{{ version }}/archives/">directory listing</a>
 for file sizes.{% endtrans %}</p>
 
-<h2>{% trans %}Unpacking{% endtrans %}</h2>
-
-<p>{% trans %}Unix users should download the .tar.bz2 archives; these are bzipped tar
-archives and can be handled in the usual way using tar and the bzip2
-program. The <a href="https://infozip.sourceforge.net">Info-ZIP</a> unzip program can be
-used to handle the ZIP archives if desired. The .tar.bz2 archives provide the
-best compression and fastest download times.{% endtrans %}</p>
-
-<p>{% trans %}Windows users can use the ZIP archives since those are customary on that
-platform. These are created on Unix using the Info-ZIP zip program.{% endtrans %}</p>
 
 <h2>{% trans %}Problems{% endtrans %}</h2>
 {% set bugs = pathto('bugs') %}