On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 7:00 PM, Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas < off...@riseup.net> wrote:
> I like how documentation is getting more compact and direct. > I agree. This is a big step forward, for everyone, but especially for first timers. > I wonder if installation instructions could go from the most newbie > friendly to the not so newbie ones (maybe after releasing 5.5). So > installation should start from the most common used installation method of > the intended platform and then go to more powerful ones. > Heh. The eternal tension. Perhaps you could have a conversation with Lewis Neal. > ... > I was wondering how Python related projects do this nowadays. One path is > Conda and, particularly, Miniconda which manages dependencies and is > already packaged for several platforms [1], but seems that a full > installation can be overkill for Leo and its prerequisites > > [2]. > > Overkill, maybe, but I think it is useful overkill. Installing the full Anaconda package (or packages, if you install for both Python 2 and 3) saves a lot of time in the long run. I'm not looking for anything better. Besides, these days even small machines typically have huge memories. > In the Jupyter case the map they provide [3] gives the user and overview > of what they want to do, based on the answer the user gives to a question, > and they use the external installer method (in their case Anaconda) to the > final installation, making it pretty easy [4] ('cause the heavy work is > done by conda and not the user/developer). Conda can be also used to > upgrade the software, including updating/building from git[5] > I think this is just fine or Leo too. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.