DOC: Docker image provided on "Debugging C extensions" is out of date

[eicchen]

Pandas version checks

• I have checked that the issue still exists on the latest versions of the docs on main here

Location of the documentation

https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/development/debugging_extensions.html

Documentation problem

Docker image provided on linked page includes out of date pip and meson which causes build errors without manual updates to the installed docker image.

Additionally, when brought up in the bi-weekly meeting, it was mentioned that the preferred method is to locally install cygdb so the documentation should be updated to reflect this knowledge.

Suggested fix for documentation

Either update or remove provided docker image and add that local installations are preferred.

[rhshadrach]

cc @WillAyd

[WillAyd]

I think we get very little usage of the docker containers, so unless someone cares to maintain we can just remove that documentation

[eicchen]

I definitely think if we don't use the docker we should streamline/link to instructions for locally instaling cygdb, I think the article that @WillAyd wrote also uses a docker image and the official docs say to use a python2 setup script.

Even I'm not quite sure how I installed it locally, just that it ended up working out

[WillAyd]

cygdb comes installed with cython - it is a gdb plugin

[eicchen]

Oop, my bad.

I happen to be setting up a new environment right now so I can edit the docs to match my process while doing so

[eicchen]

take