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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     |
|            |       |      |     |
|            |       |      |     |

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.



