Update links and instructions in readme (#6036)

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -136,10 +136,6 @@ jobs:
           cache: true
           playwright: true
         id: install
-      - name: doit env_capture
-        run: |
-          conda activate test-environment
-          doit env_capture
       - name: doit test_ui
         if: needs.changes.outputs.code == 'true'
         run: |
@@ -180,6 +176,7 @@ jobs:
       #     conda-update: true
       #     id: install
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        if: needs.changes.outputs.code == 'true'
         with:
           fetch-depth: "100"
       - name: Fetch unshallow
@@ -189,7 +186,9 @@ jobs:
         if: needs.changes.outputs.code == 'true'
         with:
           python-version: 3.12
-      - run: |
+      - name: install
+        if: needs.changes.outputs.code == 'true'
+        run: |
           python -m pip install -ve '.[tests_core, tests_ci]'
       - name: bokeh sampledata
         if: needs.changes.outputs.code == 'true'

README.md

@@ -59,16 +59,16 @@ Installation
 ============
 
 HoloViews works with
-[Python 3](https://github.com/holoviz/holoviews/actions?query=workflow%3Apytest)
+[Python](https://github.com/holoviz/holoviews/actions/workflows/test.yaml)
 on Linux, Windows, or Mac, and works seamlessly with
 [Jupyter Notebook and JupyterLab](https://jupyter.org).
 
 The recommended way to install HoloViews is using the
 [conda](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/index.html) command provided by
-[Anaconda](https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/) or
+[Anaconda](https://docs.anaconda.com/free/anaconda/install/) or
 [Miniconda](https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html):
 
-    conda install -c pyviz holoviews bokeh
+    conda install holoviews
 
 This command will install the typical packages most useful with
 HoloViews, though HoloViews itself depends only on
@@ -96,14 +96,9 @@ Now you can launch Jupyter Notebook or JupyterLab to explore them:
 
     jupyter lab
 
-If you are working with a JupyterLab version <2.0 you will also need the PyViz JupyterLab
-extension:
-
-    jupyter labextension install @pyviz/jupyterlab_pyviz
-
 For more details on setup and configuration see [our website](https://holoviews.org/user_guide/Installing_and_Configuring.html).
 
-For general discussion, we have a [gitter channel](https://gitter.im/pyviz/pyviz).
+For general discussion, we have a [discord channel](https://discord.gg/AXRHnJU6sP).
 If you find any bugs or have any feature suggestions please file a GitHub
 [issue](https://github.com/holoviz/holoviews/issues)
 or submit a [pull request](https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests).