[3.12] Docs: Drop letter PDF (GH-123912) (#123999)

Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <[email protected]>

Doc/Makefile

@@ -222,16 +222,6 @@ dist:
 	cp build/latex/docs-pdf.tar.bz2 dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2
 	@echo "Build finished and archived!"
 
-	# archive the letter latex
-	@echo "Building LaTeX (US paper)..."
-	rm -rf build/latex
-	$(MAKE) latex PAPER=letter
-	-sed -i 's/: all-$$(FMT)/:/' build/latex/Makefile
-	(cd build/latex; $(MAKE) clean && $(MAKE) --jobs=$$((`nproc`+1)) --output-sync LATEXMKOPTS='-quiet' all-pdf && $(MAKE) FMT=pdf zip bz2)
-	cp build/latex/docs-pdf.zip dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-pdf-letter.zip
-	cp build/latex/docs-pdf.tar.bz2 dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-pdf-letter.tar.bz2
-	@echo "Build finished and archived!"
-
 	# copy the epub build
 	@echo "Building EPUB..."
 	rm -rf build/epub

Doc/tools/templates/download.html

@@ -25,12 +25,7 @@ <h1>{% trans %}Download Python {{ release }} Documentation{% endtrans %}</h1>
     <th>{% trans %}Packed as .tar.bz2{% endtrans %}</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
-    <td>{% trans %}PDF (US-Letter paper size){% endtrans %}</td>
-    <td>{% trans download_size="17" %}<a href="{{ dlbase }}/python-{{ release }}-docs-pdf-letter.zip">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
-    <td>{% trans download_size="17" %}<a href="{{ dlbase }}/python-{{ release }}-docs-pdf-letter.tar.bz2">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>{% trans %}PDF (A4 paper size){% endtrans %}</td>
+    <td>{% trans %}PDF{% endtrans %}</td>
     <td>{% trans download_size="17" %}<a href="{{ dlbase }}/python-{{ release }}-docs-pdf-a4.zip">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
     <td>{% trans download_size="17" %}<a href="{{ dlbase }}/python-{{ release }}-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
   </tr>