May 2025 Releases
The May 2025 releases included updates to conda, conda-build, conda-libmamba-solver, and conda-index! ๐ All of these have been released to both main
and conda-forge
channels.
Changes in conda 25.5.0โ
To update conda
to the latest version, run:
conda install -n base conda=25.5.0
Notable Changes:
- Add
environment_specifiers
plugin hooks to allow plugin authors to read different file formats and sources. - Add a plugin hook for
PrefixData
loaders and use it to wrap the existing PyPI interoperability features. These are now present inconda.plugins.prefix_data_loaders.pypi
. - Add a
--fields
flag to conda list that allows to customize the content of thehuman
output format (i.e., the default output format). - Add a plugin hook for adding actions during the transaction process.
- Add a
default_activation_env
config option to simplify environment activation after initialization and when runningconda activate
without parameter. - Add support for conda plugin settings to the
conda config
command.
Check out the full changelog for more: 25.5.0
Changes in conda-build 25.5.0โ
To update conda-build
to the latest version, run:
conda install -n base conda-build=25.5.0
Notable Changes:
- Require
conda-libmamba-solver
25.4.0 or greater to fix issues with spaces inCONDA_BLD_PATH
. - Restore
is
andis not
operators to selector mini-language.
Check out the full changelog for more: 25.5.0
Changes in conda-libmamba-solver 25.4.0โ
To update conda-libmamba-solver
to the latest version, run:
conda install -n base conda-libmamba-solver=25.4.0
Notable Changes:
- Use
conda.reporters.get_spinner()
to support conda reporter plugins.
Check out the full changelog for more: 25.4.0
Changes in conda-index 0.6.1โ
To update conda-index
to the latest version, run:
conda install -n base conda-index=0.6.1
Notable Changes:
- Sharded
repodata
bug fix - Automatic PyPI uploads
Check out the full changelog for more: 0.6.1
We โค๏ธ Our Communityโ
Altogether, we had 3 new contributors this release cycle; thank you to all of our open source community members for helping making these improvements possible.
- @faithrider made their first contribution in conda#13820
- @peytondmurray made their first contribution in conda#14754
- @emmanuel-ferdman made their first contribution in conda-build#5683