chore: remove deprecated convenience and creation modules (#3900)

* chore: remove deprecated convenience and creation modules

* docs: remove references to deprecated modules from docs

* docs: changelog

* docs: remove redirect to absent page

Author: d-v-b

changes/3900.misc.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove deprecated `zarr.convenience` and `zarr.creation` modules.

docs/api/zarr/convenience.md

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Complete reference documentation for the Zarr-Python API.
 
 - **[Load](load.md)** - Loading data from Zarr stores
 - **[Save](save.md)** - Saving data to Zarr format
-- **[Convenience](convenience.md)** - High-level convenience functions
 
 ### Data Types and Configuration
 
@@ -55,13 +54,6 @@ The ABC module defines interfaces for extending Zarr:
 - **[Testing](testing/index.md)** - Utilities for testing Zarr-based code
 
 
-## Migration and Compatibility
-
-- **[Deprecated Functions](deprecated/convenience.md)** - Legacy convenience functions
-- **[Deprecated Creation](deprecated/creation.md)** - Legacy array creation functions
-
-These deprecated modules are maintained for backward compatibility but should be avoided in new code.
-
 ## Getting Help
 
 - Check the [User Guide](../../user-guide/index.md) for tutorials and examples

docs/api/zarr/deprecated/convenience.md

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ nav:
       - api/zarr/codecs.md
       - api/zarr/codecs/numcodecs.md
       - api/zarr/config.md
-      - api/zarr/convenience.md
       - api/zarr/errors.md
       - api/zarr/metadata.md
       - api/zarr/registry.md
@@ -72,9 +71,6 @@ nav:
         - api/zarr/testing/store.md
         - api/zarr/testing/strategies.md
         - api/zarr/testing/utils.md
-      - deprecated:
-        - Convenience sub-module: api/zarr/deprecated/convenience.md
-        - Creation sub-module: api/zarr/deprecated/creation.md
   - release-notes.md
   - contributing.md
 watch:
@@ -221,7 +217,6 @@ plugins:
         'developers/contributing.html.md': 'contributing.md'
         'developers/index.html.md': 'contributing.md'
         'developers/roadmap.html.md': 'https://zarr.readthedocs.io/en/v3.0.8/developers/roadmap.html'
-        'api/zarr/creation.md': 'api/zarr/deprecated/creation.md'
         'api.md': 'api/zarr/index.md'
         'api/zarr/metadata/migrate_v3.md': 'api/zarr/metadata.md'
 

docs/api/zarr/deprecated/creation.md

@@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ async def open(
         If using an fsspec URL to create the store, these will be passed to
         the backend implementation. Ignored otherwise.
     **kwargs
-        Additional parameters are passed through to [`zarr.creation.open_array`][] or
-        [`open_group`][zarr.api.asynchronous.open_group].
+        Additional parameters are passed through to `zarr.open_array` or
+        `zarr.open_group`.
 
     Returns
     -------

docs/api/zarr/index.md

@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ def open(
         If using an fsspec URL to create the store, these will be passed to
         the backend implementation. Ignored otherwise.
     **kwargs
-        Additional parameters are passed through to [`zarr.creation.open_array`][] or
-        [`open_group`][zarr.api.asynchronous.open_group].
+        Additional parameters are passed through to `zarr.open_array` or
+        `zarr.open_group`.
 
     Returns
     -------