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Suggestion: Delegate Rustup's installation instructions to Rustup's docs #748

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I'm currently doing issue triaging for the Rustup project, and I've found out that when it comes to Rust installation instructions (esp. for newcomers), some will link to https://forge.rust-lang.org/infra/other-installation-methods.html, while others will point to https://rust-lang.github.io/rustup/installation/index.html.

I have realized that the scope of these two pages are slightly different, but regarding the section on Rustup's installation (which is a bit outdated already), I think maybe https://forge.rust-lang.org/infra/other-installation-methods.html#other-ways-to-install-rustup should be removed in favor of a link to Rustup's docs at https://rust-lang.github.io/rustup/installation/other.html. That way, we can maintain a single source of truth.

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changed the title [-]Delegate Rustup's installation instructions to Rustup's docs[/-] [+]Suggestion: Delegate Rustup's installation instructions to Rustup's docs[/+] on Jun 10, 2024
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on May 28, 2025
jieyouxu

jieyouxu commented on May 28, 2025

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Yes, that seems like a good idea, infra doesn't really maintain this specifically (as opposed to the rustup team) AFAICT

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jieyouxu commented on May 28, 2025

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Actually, I double-checked: it's not quite simple as just a replacement, because the forge docs here actually has a rustup-init generated listing for each target that we ship dist toolchains for:

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rami3l commented on May 28, 2025

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jieyouxu commented on May 28, 2025

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That list has been duplicated in rust-lang.github.io/rustup/installation/other.html#manual-installation.

Ah! I completely missed the drop-down on a cursory glance :P

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jieyouxu commented on May 28, 2025

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      Suggestion: Delegate Rustup's installation instructions to Rustup's docs · Issue #748 · rust-lang/rust-forge