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Provide link to other install methods on the default website #269

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brson opened this issue Apr 5, 2016 · 1 comment
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Provide link to other install methods on the default website #269

brson opened this issue Apr 5, 2016 · 1 comment
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brson commented Apr 5, 2016

If it can't detect the platform it should provide links to the other downloads in the readme. Soon we're going to have a variety of low-tier platforms where we're less likely to guess correctly.
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nodakai commented Apr 11, 2016 

<p id="about">
  <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/multirust-rs/blob/master/README.md">More about rustup</a>.
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This is too terse to the level that it looks like a useless cliche on a website. Compare it with a wording by the Python team:

Looking for Python with a different OS? Python for Windows, Linux/UNIX, Mac OS X, Other

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brson added a commit to brson/rustup.rs that referenced this issue Apr 26, 2016
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www: Various tweaks
9c91bf7 
Adds link for additional installation methods. Indicates the officialness
of the project. Improves Linux, FreeBSD, arm, Android platform detection.

Adds unique installation text for Android.

Removes most of the pitch to make more room.

Fixes rust-lang#269. Fixes rust-lang#328
@brson brson closed this as completed in 9f0c2ce Apr 28, 2016
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