[GitHub] [spark] h-vetinari commented on a change in pull request #34315: [SPARK-37050][Python] update conda installation instructions

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h-vetinari commented on a change in pull request #34315:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/34315#discussion_r731379215



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File path: python/docs/source/getting_started/install.rst
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@@ -83,46 +83,54 @@ Note that this installation way of PySpark with/without a specific Hadoop versio
 Using Conda
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-Conda is an open-source package management and environment management system which is a part of
-the `Anaconda <https://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/>`_ distribution. It is both cross-platform and
-language agnostic. In practice, Conda can replace both `pip <https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/>`_ and
-`virtualenv <https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/>`_.
-
-Create new virtual environment from your terminal as shown below:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    conda create -n pyspark_env
-
-After the virtual environment is created, it should be visible under the list of Conda environments
-which can be seen using the following command:
+Conda is an open-source package management and environment management system (developed by
+`Anaconda` <https://www.anaconda.com/>`_), which is best installed through
+`Miniconda <https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html/>`_ or `Miniforge <https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/>`_.
+The tool is both cross-platform and language agnostic, and in practice, conda can replace both
+`pip <https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/>`_ and `virtualenv <https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/>`_.
+
+Conda uses so-called channels to distribute packages, and together with the default channels by
+Anaconda itself, the most important channel is `conda-forge <https://conda-forge.org/>`_, which
+is the community-driven packaging effort that is the most extensive & the most current (and also
+serves as the upstream for the Anaconda channels in most cases).
+
+Generally, it is recommended to use _as few channels as possible_. Conda-forge & Anaconda put a

Review comment:
       Hopefully I got the right characters for emphasis now. I'm not able to build the HTML right now, but I can remove the emphasis, if that helps.




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