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"Unpacking" section, last updated in 2008, has suggestions for old programs, i.e. Info-ZIP (also last updated in 2008).
Suggestion by @zware: Since most (all?) operating systems are packaged with such utilities, we can remove the section and see if users complain.
The "Problems" section only recommends reporting bugs to docs@python.org, I think this should be updated to this issue tracker, or at least list both options. Otherwise we can just link to the extensive page.
There are three issues:
Size estimates are off by 1-5 MiB (These are currently updated manually, prior art from last year: Doc
tools/templates/download.htmlmissingtexinfoformat download link #121453)The following options exist:
"Unpacking" section, last updated in 2008, has suggestions for old programs, i.e. Info-ZIP (also last updated in 2008).
Suggestion by @zware: Since most (all?) operating systems are packaged with such utilities, we can remove the section and see if users complain.
The "Problems" section only recommends reporting bugs to
docs@python.org, I think this should be updated to this issue tracker, or at least list both options. Otherwise we can just link to the extensive page.Linked PRs