# Friendly suggestion

**URL:** <https://discourse.edwardlib.org/t/friendly-suggestion/77>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [April 11, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://discourse.edwardlib.org/t/friendly-suggestion/77 "2017-04-11T09:56:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![kirk86](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.edwardlib.org/kirk86/32/26_2.png) [@kirk86](https://discourse.edwardlib.org/u/kirk86)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://discourse.edwardlib.org/t/friendly-suggestion/77/1 "2017-04-11T09:56:11Z")

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Hey guys, thanks for your great work on `edward`. I was wondering maybe the following friendly suggestion would be a good idea. I think in the `README.md` of the `github` page it should also be stated which version of `tensorflow`, `keras`, `tfslim`, etc… does `edward` play nice with according to it’s release version?

Cheers!

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**Author:** ![dustin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.edwardlib.org/dustin/32/134_2.png) [@dustin](https://discourse.edwardlib.org/u/dustin)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.edwardlib.org/t/friendly-suggestion/77/2 "2017-04-11T13:15:03Z")

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Good idea. This is available on the website ([http://edwardlib.org/troubleshooting](http://edwardlib.org/troubleshooting)). However, it’s a common pain point for first-time users, so maybe we should make it more upfront as you suggest?

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**Author:** ![kirk86](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.edwardlib.org/kirk86/32/26_2.png) [@kirk86](https://discourse.edwardlib.org/u/kirk86)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.edwardlib.org/t/friendly-suggestion/77/3 "2017-04-11T16:14:09Z")

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Yeah, after spending a couple of minutes myself trying to find that info I agree that would be more useful even of old timers, nowadays installing 100s of libraries u tend to forget what was the latest version and what is already installed in you system. A simple link to the troubleshoot page with the labels reflecting the requirements (e.g. tensorflow, keras version, etc… -\> link) would be more than enough 🙂

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**Author:** ![dustin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.edwardlib.org/dustin/32/134_2.png) [@dustin](https://discourse.edwardlib.org/u/dustin)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://discourse.edwardlib.org/t/friendly-suggestion/77/4 "2017-04-11T16:36:07Z")

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Well, it’s linked to from the getting started, where we explain how to install Edward.

Version numbers on the frontpage might be unnecessary as it’s an overview. Do you have suggestions for how to make this clearer? Does changing the line

```auto
See the troubleshooting page for detailed installation instructions.

```

to

```auto
See the troubleshooting page for Edward's dependencies and more details.

```

help?

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**Author:** ![kirk86](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.edwardlib.org/kirk86/32/26_2.png) [@kirk86](https://discourse.edwardlib.org/u/kirk86)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.edwardlib.org/t/friendly-suggestion/77/5 "2017-04-11T18:57:53Z")

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Yeah definitely it’s more clear that way with the corrections. Maybe also you wanna consider just putting the link in the `readme.md` on `github` at the `Resources` section towards the end like this

```auto
Edward website
Edward Forum
Edward Gitter channel
Edward releases
Edward papers, posters, and slides
Edward troubleshooting and dependencies

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just saying.

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**Author:** ![dustin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.edwardlib.org/dustin/32/134_2.png) [@dustin](https://discourse.edwardlib.org/u/dustin)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.edwardlib.org/t/friendly-suggestion/77/6 "2017-04-12T02:24:43Z")

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Done in [https://github.com/blei-lab/edward/commit/5872095fd0672d0d91fdbeaf32e77c750448f80a](https://github.com/blei-lab/edward/commit/5872095fd0672d0d91fdbeaf32e77c750448f80a).