2022-05-25 Conda Community Meeting

Attendees

Name	Initials	Affiliation	GH Username
Daniel Holth	DH	Anaconda	dholth
Ken Odegard	KO	Anaconda	kenodegard
Jannis Leidel	JL	Anaconda	jezdez
Cheng H. Lee	CHL	Anaconda	chenghlee
Bianca Henderson	BH	Anaconda	beeankha
Katherine Kinnaman	KK	Anaconda	kathatherine
Filipe Fernandes	FF	conda-forge	ocefpaf
Jaime Rodríguez-G.	JRG	quansight/cf	jaimergp
Mike McCarty	MM	NVIDIA	mmccarty
John Kirkham	JK	cf/NVIDIA	jakirkham
Mahe Iram Khan	MIK	Anaconda	forgottenprogramme
Wolf Vollprecht	WV	QuantStack	wolfv

(DH) Standalone conda-incubator/conda-index with improved performance
- (JRG) Any new dependencies? zstd, itertools, etc.; removes cph. DH: adds zstandard binding, drops compatibility with Python < 3.9
- (JRG) Should we have community policy for adding dependencies to core conda projects?
- (DH) Does anyone use channeldata.json, personally index a lot of conda packages, or need progress bars / user interface on conda-index?
- (DH) Could complicate indexing during conda-build https://github.com/conda/conda-build/blob/master/conda_build/index.py#L115
(JL) Calling for vote on CEP 6 - Add Channel Notices to conda
- Rendered: https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/blob/cep-6-channel-notification-feature/cep-6.md
- Pull request: https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/pull/19
- Implementation (MVP): https://github.com/conda/conda/pull/11462
(JL) conda 4.13.0 tagged!
- Release notes: https://github.com/conda/conda/releases/tag/4.13.0
- Drops support for Python 3.6 and removes a lot of deprecated code (including Python 2.7 support)
- 7 new contributors!
(JL) CEPs votes over
- Vote passed: https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/issues/23
- Vote passed: https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/pull/2#issuecomment-1128611445
- Updates to the CEPs to follow to finalize resolution

(KO) Draft CEP for conda Release Schedule. Will define future version scheme and release cadence. Need community input.
(JL) Talks submissions or attendence for EuroSciPy 2022 this year? Basel, Switzerland from Aug 29 to Sept 2.
(JL) conda summit: Current waiting on feedback from SciPy 2022 regarding development sprint application
- (CHL) Should have accept/decline notice from SciPy organizers in next week or two (early June)
- Join planning discussion in #conda-summit channel in conda Slack channel
(DPC) Governance proposal.
- Goals
  - Preserve most of the current proposed governance model in conda-incubator. This is based on conda-forge’s governance model.
  - Encourage community and commercial / organizational involvement and innovation.
  - Prevent capture of the conda organization by any one funding organization.
  - Assure the conda community that Anaconda and other commercial entities are truly limited in what they can do going forward.
  - Make the Conda Organization a fiscally-sponsored project, most likely with NumFOCUS.
- Highlights
  - Pay attention to steering council member funding.
    - Limit # of voting members based on shared funding.
  - Encourage early Provisional membership for organizations that fund conda ecosystem work.

Various parts of the conda community gather on a regular basis. This meeting brings together all of these sub-communities for a community wide call.