[pydotorg-www] Proposing Edits to Downloading Python Guide

[Matthew Treinish]

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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