On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 10:08:21AM -0600, Mats Wichmann wrote: > On 10/25/22 13:32, Matthew Treinish wrote: > > Hi, > > > > We're currently working on updating some getting started documentation for > > Qiskit and as it's > > written in Python we wanted to link to instructions on how to install > > Python (you can see the > > PR in progress for this here: https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/pull/1613). > > Previously, > > this section of the documentation linked to the Anaconda website which in > > my opinion isn't a > > good recommendation for a few reasons. So we were looking to update that > > documentation to > > point to the official installation instructions for Python. Looking at > > python.org the getting > > started page (https://www.python.org/about/gettingstarted/) refers to this > > wiki page: > > > > https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Download > > > > for the details. I think the wiki page could probably use some updates as > > it looks a bit out > > of date. I'd like to request permission to edit that page so that I can > > make it a bit more > > up-to-date. Something like the following: (between "----") > > > > ---- > > > > # Downloading Python > > I'd say linking back to the OS-specific pages from > [https://docs.python.org/3/using/index.html] would be valuable - there are > many tips for first-timers like dealing with the Python launcher and other > Windows oddities and the Mac setup in those pages that people don't end up > finding as easily as they should. >
That's a good idea, I wasn't aware of that section in the docs myself. I'll update the wiki again to add links to the per OS sections there. Thanks, Matthew Treinish
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