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# 2023-01-18 Conda Community Meeting

* [Meeting link](https://zoom.us/j/9138593505?pwd=SWh3dE1IK05LV01Qa0FJZ1ZpMzJLZz09)
* [What time is the meeting in my time zone](https://arewemeetingyet.com/UTC/2023-01-18/17:00/b/Conda%20community%20meeting)

## Attendees

| Name | Initials | Affiliation | GH Username |
| ---------------------- | -------- | ------------ | ---------------- |
| Ken Odegard | KO | Anaconda | kenodegard |
| Dave Clements | DPC | Anaconda | tnabtaf |
| Jaime Rodríguez-Guerra | JRG | Quansight/cf | jaimergp |
| Marius van Niekerk | MvN | VoltronData/cf | mariusvniekerk |
| Eric Dill | EDD | conda-forge | ericdill |
| Daniel Holth | DH | Anaconda | dholth |
| Filipe Fernandes | FF | conda-forge | ocefpaf |
| Bianca Henderson | BH | Anaconda | beeankha |
| John Kirkham | JK | NVIDIA/cf | jakirkham |
| Katherine Kinnaman | KK | Anaconda | kathatherine |
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14 people total

## Introductions

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## Announcements

- [x] (KO) Conda 23.1.0 release is underway
- https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/12224
- https://matrix.to/#/#conda-release:matrix.org
- [x] (DPC) [Announce mailing list](https://lists.conda.org/wws/info/announce), launched.
- conda and conda-forge google groups have been closed
- [x] (JRG) constructor 4.3.x coming up!
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## New Agenda Items

- [x] (DPC) Slack to Matrix migration is happening
- Will be done by end of January.
- [Tracking Spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l-djUkCUpEeGHd1DOklppi-lwHCH2yov0bUD4krOnp0/edit#gid=1720588473) (needs more color ;-)
- [One page guide](https://hackmd.io/Zs31AxcbTC2bekMsXuYH0g?view)
- [x] (DPC) Slack -> Matrix Migration specifics (if agenda is relatively empty)
- conda/conda
- Who runs the conda/conda gitter group?
- Can we change to conda/conda-help? Maybe.
- Any maintainer in GitHub
- conda/conda-build & constructr
- Constructor and conda-lock
- Slack/CEPS & Slack/Specs
- Merge with Governance?
- CEPS could be split into Governance and Dev.
- Call feels pretty strongly about this.
- Drop Ceps and Specs.
- Should we continue auto feeds from GitHub into channels?
- Lean away from Github notices.
- Solver
- merge with conda-developer
- Slack shutdown
- All channels will be notified this week
- Should we try to get an archive of past slack
- Leaning away from this.
- May not ever get used.
- So, do, if it's easy.
- Could start a free 30 day trial to do this.
- Jaime will look into this.
- Put in a place that is accessible to leadership.
- NumFOCUS's conda google drive.
- Github private repo
- [x] (MvN) Start graduation process for conda-lock
- It's time. Stable and widely used.
- Follow/start this process: https://github.com/conda/conda-libmamba-solver/issues/56
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## What is this meeting for?

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.