remove confusing instructions and link.
- [ ] closes #27707 
- [ ] tests added / passed
- [ ] passes `black pandas`
- [ ] passes `git diff upstream/master -u -- "*.py" | flake8 --diff`
- [ ] whatsnew entry

I'd still prefer to link to the platform-specific instructions.

* https://devguide.python.org/setup/#windows-compiling
* https://devguide.python.org/setup/#macos
* https://devguide.python.org/setup/#unix-compiling

On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 11:17 AM Nico Cernek <notifications@github.com>
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>    - closes #27707 <https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/27707>
>    - tests added / passed
>    - passes black pandas
>    - passes git diff upstream/master -u -- "*.py" | flake8 --diff
>    - whatsnew entry
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>    - remove confusing instructions and link.
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> File Changes
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>    - *M* doc/source/development/contributing.rst
>    <https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/pull/27717/files#diff-0> (5)
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 lgtm. @TomAugspurger this is what you were looking for? Thanks @ncernek!