Rm build_rtd_docs CI job and its dependencies (#6417)

* Created using Colaboratory

* remove rtd_docs job

* rm ci job

* rm references to rtd

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Co-authored-by: Tanuj Khattar <[email protected]>

Author: senecameeks

.dockerignore

@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ __pycache__
 # packaging
 *.egg-info/
 
-# Sphinx
-_build
-rtd_docs/generated
-
 # swap files
 *.swp
 

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -185,20 +185,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test dependencies with pip-compile
         run: |
           pip-compile --resolver=backtracking dev_tools/requirements/deps/cirq-all.txt -o-
-  build_docs:
-    name: Build docs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
-          architecture: 'x64'
-      - name: Install requirements
-        run: |
-          pip install -r rtd_docs/requirements.txt
-      - name: Build docs
-        run: dev_tools/docs/build-rtd-docs.sh
   build_protos:
     name: Build protos
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04

.gitignore

@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ __pycache__
 *.egg-info/
 build/
 
-# Sphinx
-_build
-rtd_docs/generated
-
 # API docs
 docs/api_docs
 

.readthedocs.yml

@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ circuits and running them against quantum computers and simulators.
 .. image:: https://badge.fury.io/py/cirq.svg
   :target: https://badge.fury.io/py/cirq
 
-.. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/cirq/badge/?version=latest
-  :target: https://readthedocs.org/projects/cirq/versions/
-  :alt: Documentation Status
-
 
 Installation and Documentation
 ------------------------------

README.rst

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 IGNORED_FILE_PATTERNS = [
     r'^dev_tools/.+',  # Environment-heavy code.
-    r'^rtd_docs/.+',  # Environment-heavy code.
     r'^.+_pb2(_grpc)?\.py$',  # Auto-generated protobuf code.
     r'^(.+/)?setup\.py$',  # Installation code.
     r'^(.+/)?_version\.py$',  # Installation code.