Description
Problem
We have
- https://matplotlib.org/stable/#install thought as short instructions on the landing page
- https://matplotlib.org/stable/install/index.html as the complete install guide
They are mostly fine.
Issues:
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There's https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/getting_started/#installation-quick-start, which seems a bit outdated. I'm not sure whether this is still needed, and I haven't found a link to it from any page below https://matplotlib.org/stable/. However the landing page https://matplotlib.org/ links to it from the "Getting started" icon.
Suggested improvement: Minimally replace the install instructions at by https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/getting_started/#installation-quick-start, a link to https://matplotlib.org/stable/#install. Alternatively, investigate to remove https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/getting_started/ completely. -
AFAICS there is no obvious link from https://matplotlib.org/ to any installation information. The "documentation" icon connects to the version-specific landing page https://matplotlib.org/stable/
Suggested improvement: It may be difficult to resolve this duality of global landing page and version-specific landing page. Minmally, move the "Documentation" icon to the very right in the icon row. It's the most general one. The other icons are direct links to sub-topics. -
https://matplotlib.org/stable/install/index.html as the complete install guide could/should get more information on package managers. We only focus on the packages wheel/conda, but don't mention the package managers. While not strictly our business, it may be a good service to our users to add 1-2 sentences on the package managers, because that's the interface they will use.