(airflow) branch main updated: Fix Quick Start installing Airflow 3.1.1 instead of the documented version (#74474)

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     new bf2de26c7b7 Fix Quick Start installing Airflow 3.1.1 instead of the 
documented version (#74474)
bf2de26c7b7 is described below

commit bf2de26c7b7ee1cd96f6086ed1f1c8140f55c825
Author: Kaxil Naik <kaxiln...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Thu Oct 8 23:21:18 2026 +0100

    Fix Quick Start installing Airflow 3.1.1 instead of the documented version 
(#74474)
---
 airflow-core/docs/start.rst | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/airflow-core/docs/start.rst b/airflow-core/docs/start.rst
index c866774e82e..b8a882f75f4 100644
--- a/airflow-core/docs/start.rst
+++ b/airflow-core/docs/start.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ This quick start guide will help you bootstrap an Airflow 
standalone instance on
 
    Officially supported installation methods are ``pip`` or ``uv``.
 
-   Run ``pip install apache-airflow[EXTRAS]==AIRFLOW_VERSION --constraint 
"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/constraints-AIRFLOW_VERSION/constraints-PYTHON_VERSION.txt"``,
 for example ``pip install "apache-airflow[celery]==3.0.0" --constraint 
"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/constraints-3.0.0/constraints-3.11.txt"``
 to install Airflow in a reproducible way. You can also use - much faster - 
``uv`` - by adding ``uv`` before the command.
+   Run ``pip install apache-airflow[EXTRAS]==AIRFLOW_VERSION --constraint 
"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/constraints-AIRFLOW_VERSION/constraints-PYTHON_VERSION.txt"``,
 for example :subst-code:`pip install "apache-airflow[celery]==|version|" 
--constraint 
"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/constraints-|version|/constraints-3.11.txt"`
 to install Airflow in a reproducible way. You can also use - much faster - 
``uv`` - by adding ``uv`` before the command.
 
 
 
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ externally managed environments (PEP 668), so use a virtual 
environment
 before running ``pip install`` commands:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
+   :substitutions:
 
    # For Windows after WSL2 install, restart computer, then in WSL Ubuntu 
terminal
    sudo apt update
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ before running ``pip install`` commands:
    pip install --upgrade pip
 
    # Install Airflow with correct Python version constraints
-   pip install apache-airflow[celery]==3.1.0 --constraint 
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/constraints-3.1.0/constraints-3.12.txt
+   pip install apache-airflow[celery]==|version| --constraint 
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/constraints-|version|/constraints-3.12.txt
 
    # Verify installation
    airflow version
@@ -106,14 +107,14 @@ before running ``pip install`` commands:
       :substitutions:
 
 
-      AIRFLOW_VERSION=3.1.1
+      AIRFLOW_VERSION=|version|
 
       # Extract the version of Python you have installed. If you're currently 
using a Python version that is not supported by Airflow, you may want to set 
this manually.
       # See above for supported versions.
       PYTHON_VERSION="$(python -c 'import sys; 
print(f"{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}")')"
 
       
CONSTRAINT_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/constraints-${AIRFLOW_VERSION}/constraints-${PYTHON_VERSION}.txt";
-      # For example this would install 3.1.1 with python 3.11: 
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/constraints-|version|/constraints-3.11.txt
+      # For example this would install |version| with python 3.11: 
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/constraints-|version|/constraints-3.11.txt
 
       uv pip install "apache-airflow==${AIRFLOW_VERSION}" --constraint 
"${CONSTRAINT_URL}"