2026-05-13 Conda Ecosystem Meeting

Zoom link · What time is the meeting in my time zone: 5pm, 2pm

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

Attendees

1. JRG: Jaime Rodríguez-Guerra (@jaimergp), Quansight, C/SC, CF/C
2. TH: Travis Hathaway, TH (@travishathaway), Anaconda
3. CHL: Cheng H. Lee (@chenghlee), Anaconda, C/SC, CF/C
4. DY: Dan Yeaw (@danyeaw), Anaconda
5. AS: Ahmed Shifa

Announcements

• Recently closed votes, vote count and minting to take place tomorrow: - 2026-05-11: CEP Conditional dependencies - 2026-05-11: CEP Optional dependency groups (extras) - 2026-05-11: CEP Simplified variant selection (flags)
• Recently closed CEP RFCs, vote may start soon: - 2026-05-12: https://github.com/conda/ceps/pull/151 (url field in repodata records) - 2026-05-12: https://github.com/conda/ceps/pull/154 (indexed_timestamp field in repodata records)
• @ conda/steering-council, open votes: - 2026-05-13: Ongoing vote for graduation of 4 repos: https://github.com/conda/governance/issues/384 - 2026-05-19: CEP __cuda_arch
• @ conda/build-tools please vote for Jakov's request https://github.com/conda/governance/issues/383. Deadline 2026-05-14 23:59 UTC.

New agenda items

• AS: How does someone get started in open-source and the conda ecosystem?
  • (TH) Contribute a package via conda-forge staged recipes
  • (DY) Work on the stuff that interests you; it's your free time.
  • (CHL) "Easy" way to start with the documentation (e.g., quick start guides) and reporting bugs. There's a lot more to OSS contribution than "just" writing code.
  • (TH) Find ways to use conda, conda-forge to build <your cool app>. So much more to conda ecosystem than just Python and Python packages.

Deferred to next meeting

• TH: Ideas for better tracking staged-recipe reviews
  • staged-recipe review dashboard - idea on conda-forge zulip
  • Would it help to create a special dashboard for us to track recipe reviews?
    • Score board to encourage reviewers
    • Clear goals for new reviewers to achieve
    • Seeing which pull requests have been waiting the longest
    • Organizing pull requests by responsible team