diff --git a/getteam.py b/getteam.py
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--- a/getteam.py
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-"""
-A command line script that updates "The team" in the ``about.html`` file to
-reflect the  current ``credits.rst`` file from the astropy repository.
-
-Note that this first looks for the ``ASTROPY_REPO_PATH`` environment
-variable to try to find a local copy of the astropy repo.
-"""
-
-
-def get_astropy_credits(warner=print):
-    """
-    Looks for the ``credits.rst`` file in the astropy repo and returns it, or
-    returns False if the repo can't be found.
-    """
-    import os
-    import requests
-
-    creditspath = os.environ.get('ASTROPY_REPO_PATH', 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/astropy/astropy/main/docs/credits.rst')
-
-    if creditspath.startswith('http'):
-        #url - download page from web
-        u = None
-        try:
-            return requests.get(creditspath).content
-        except Exception as e:
-            warner('Could not download credits.rst from requested path: "{0}" Using placeholder for "The Team" page.'.format(e))
-            return False
-        finally:
-            if u is not None:
-                u.close()
-    else:
-        if not os.path.isfile(creditspath):
-            warner('Credits.rst file at "{0}" is not a file! Using placeholder for "The Team" page.'.format(creditspath))
-            return False
-
-        with open(creditspath) as f:
-            return f.read()
-
-
-def extract_names_list(docs, sectionname, warner=print):
-    from docutils import nodes
-    from docutils.core import publish_doctree
-
-    if not isinstance(docs, nodes.document):
-        docs = publish_doctree(docs)
-
-    assert isinstance(docs, nodes.document)
-
-    foundsections = []
-    for c in docs.children:
-        titleidx = c.first_child_matching_class(nodes.title)
-        if titleidx is not None:
-            title = str(c.children[titleidx].children[0])
-            if title == sectionname:
-                section = c
-                break
-            else:
-                foundsections.append(title)
-    else:
-        warner("No section found with name {0}. Sections are:{1!s}".format(sectionname, foundsections))
-        return None
-
-    listidx = section.first_child_matching_class(nodes.bullet_list)
-    litems = section.children[listidx].children
-
-    names = []
-    for litem in litems:
-        # Use astext() to get the concatenated text content of the list item
-        # instead of joining node objects which can produce unexpected
-        # characters when their string representation is used.
-        names.append(litem.astext())
-
-    return names
-
-
-def process_html(fn, newcontributors, indent='\t\t\t'):
-    """
-    Returns a string of html mean to look like the input, but with content from
-    the credits file.
-    """
-    lines = []
-    incoord = incontrib = False
-    with open(fn) as fr:
-        for l in fr:
-            if l.endswith('\n'):
-                l = l[:-1]  # strip newline
-
-            if incontrib:
-                if '</ul>' in l:
-                    lines.extend([(indent + '<li>' + c + '</li>') for c in newcontributors])
-                    lines.append(l)
-                    incontrib = False
-                else:
-                    if '<ul class="team">' in l:
-                        lines.append(l)
-                        lines.append(f"{<!--- the list below is auto-generated from getteam.py, use that to update --->:>12}")
-                #skip otherwise
-            else:
-                # if '<ul class="coordinators">' in l:
-                #     incoord = True
-                if '<h3 id="core-package-contributors">' in l:
-                    incontrib = True
-                lines.append(l)
-
-    return '\n'.join(lines)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    from docutils.core import publish_doctree
-
-    dt = publish_doctree(get_astropy_credits())
-
-    contributors = extract_names_list(dt, 'Core Package Contributors')
-
-    newhtml = process_html('team.html', contributors)
-    print('Replacing "team.html" with updated version.  Be sure to "git diff '
-          'team.html" before committing to ensure no funny business happened.')
-    with open('team.html', 'wb') as f:
-        f.write(newhtml.encode('UTF-8'))