# Ansible package proposal to remove .rst files from tarballs

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-package-proposal-to-remove-rst-files-from-tarballs/34076>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [October 21, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-package-proposal-to-remove-rst-files-from-tarballs/34076 "2020-10-21T15:58:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![samccann](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/samccann/32/18_2.png) [@samccann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/samccann)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-package-proposal-to-remove-rst-files-from-tarballs/34076/1 "2020-10-21T15:58:00Z")

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Hi folks -

Currently, the Ansible package tarballs and the individual collection tarballs include .RST files. This adds to the overall size of these packages, so we are considering removing them, and instead, creating a separate `ansible-documentation` tarball that includes the .RST files and possibly the generated HTML (so users can have an offline version of the documentation that matches their Ansible tarball version). Please see [https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/discussions/120](https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/discussions/120) for details and add your feedback!