DOC: Update install instructions to recommend conda-forge over Anaconda #30626
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Thanks for the new PR @Maddouchhamza, we appreciate your efforts. I would leave "For most users," away, because it keeps users guessing, if they are skilled enough to pick another route as recommended for most users. We are trying to be approachable for a broad audience. For instance, people graduating from a Data Science Bootcamp might only know one package manager which is not conda. |
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@Maddouchhamza thanks for creating a new PR with a reduced scope 🙏! I would suggest the following:
Edit: I have edited the PR description to clarify a couple of things, in particular this is not really fixing #30130 which is more about conda (with conda-forge channel) vs pip and is a can of worms IMO. |
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Follow-up of #30193 with the goal of having a smaller scope.
What does this implement/fix? Explain your changes.
This Pull Request updates the Installing the latest release section of the documentation to recommend
conda-forgeas the preferred installation method for scikit-learn. Changes include:conda-forgefor dependency management and cross-platform compatibility.Any other comments?
I have tested the updated documentation locally using
make docand confirmed that it builds without warnings or errors. Please let me know if there are additional adjustments or improvements required. Thank you for your guidance and feedback throughout this process!