Removes modules from TOC, speeding up build time and reducing doc disk space requirements. (#38428)

(cherry picked from commit 62c2b9a544)

docs/docsite/rst/index.rst

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-:tocdepth: 3
+.. _ansible_documentation:
 
 Ansible Documentation
 =====================
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@ Ansible releases a new major release of Ansible approximately every two months.
    porting_guides/porting_guides
 
 .. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 3
+   :maxdepth: 2
    :caption: Using Ansible
 
    user_guide/index
 
 .. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 3
+   :maxdepth: 2
    :caption: Contributing to Ansible
 
    community/index
 
 .. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 3
+   :maxdepth: 2
    :caption: Extending Ansible
 
    dev_guide/index

docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/modules_support.rst

@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ To help identify maintainers and understand how the included modules are officia
 Core
 ````
 
-:doc:`Core modules are maintained by the Ansible Engineering Team<..\modules\core_maintained>`.
+:ref:`core_supported`. These are maintained by the Ansible Engineering Team.
 These modules are integral to the basic foundations of the Ansible distribution.
 
 Network
 ```````
 
-:doc:`Network modules are maintained by the Ansible Network Team<..\modules\network_maintained>`. Please note there are :doc:`additional networking modules<list_of_network_modules>` that are categorized as Certified or Community not maintained by Ansible.
+:ref:`network_supported`. These are maintained by the Ansible Network Team. Please note there are additional networking modules that are categorized as Certified or Community not maintained by Ansible.
 
 
 Certified
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Certified modules are part of a future planned program currently in development.
 Community
 `````````
 
-:doc:`Community modules are submitted and maintained by the Ansible community<..\modules\community_maintained>`.  These modules are not maintained by Ansible, and are included as a convenience.
+:ref:`community_supported`. These are submitted and maintained by the Ansible community.  These modules are not maintained by Ansible, and are included as a convenience.
 
 Issue Reporting
 ```````````````

docs/templates/list_of_CATEGORY_modules.rst.j2

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 @{ blurb }@
 
 {% endif %}
-.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1
+
 {% if category['_modules'] %}
 
 {% for module in category['_modules'] | sort %}
-  @{ module }@{% if module_info[module]['deprecated'] %} **(D)**{% endif%}  --  @{ module_info[module]['doc']['short_description'] }@ <@{ module }@_module>
+  * :ref:`@{ module }@`{% if module_info[module]['deprecated'] %} **(D)**{% endif%} 
 {% endfor %}
 {% endif %}
 
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@
 @{ name.title() }@
 @{ '-' * name | length }@
 
-.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1
+
 
 {% for module in info['_modules'] | sort %}
-{#  :ref:`@{ module }@`{% if module_info[module]['deprecated'] %} **(D)**{% endif%} @{ module_info[module]['doc']['short_description'] }@ #}
-    @{ module }@{% if module_info[module]['deprecated'] %} **(D)**{% endif%}  --  @{ module_info[module]['doc']['short_description'] }@ <@{ module }@_module>
+  * :ref:`@{ module }@`{% if module_info[module]['deprecated'] %} **(D)**{% endif%} 
 {% endfor %}
 
 {% endfor %}

docs/templates/modules_by_support.rst.j2

@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@
 Modules Maintained by the @{ maintainers }@
 ``````````````````````````@{ '`' * maintainers | length }@
 
-.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1
-
 {% for module in modules | sort %}
-  @{ module }@{% if module_info[module]['deprecated'] %} **(D)**{% endif %} - @{ module_info[module]['doc']['short_description'] }@ <@{ module }@_module>
+  * :ref:`@{ module }@`{% if module_info[module]['deprecated'] %} **(D)**{% endif%} 
 {% endfor %}
 
 .. note::