Backport PR #49205 on branch 1.5.x (Removed gitter from contributing_environment.rst) (#49210)

Backport PR #49205: Removed gitter from contributing_environment.rst

Co-authored-by: Noa Tamir <[email protected]>

Author: meeseeksmachine

doc/source/development/community.rst

@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ The pandas mailing list `[email protected] <mailto://pandas-dev@python
 conversations and to engages people in the wider community who might not
 be active on the issue tracker but we would like to include in discussions.
 
+.. _community.slack:
+
 Community slack
 ---------------
 

doc/source/development/contributing_environment.rst

@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ installed (or you wish to install a newer version) you can install a compiler
 For other Linux distributions, consult your favorite search engine for
 compiler installation instructions.
 
-Let us know if you have any difficulties by opening an issue or reaching out on `Gitter <https://gitter.im/pydata/pandas/>`_.
+Let us know if you have any difficulties by opening an issue or reaching out on our contributor
+community :ref:`Slack <community.slack>`.
 
 Creating a Python environment
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~