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# 2025-01-29 Conda Community Meeting

[Zoom link](https://zoom.us/j/9138593505?pwd=SWh3dE1IK05LV01Qa0FJZ1ZpMzJLZz09) · [What time is the meeting in my time zone](https://dateful.com/convert/utc?t=5pm)

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.

## Attendees

| Name | Initials | Affiliation | GH Username |
| ---------------------- | -------- | ------------ | ---------------- |
| Jaime Rodríguez-Guerra | JRG | Quansight/cf | jaimergp |
| Filipe Fernandes | FF | conda-forge | ocefpaf |
| Matthew R Becker | MRB | conda-forge | beckermr |
| Katherine Kinnaman | KK | Anaconda | kathatherine |
| Klaus Zimmermann | KZ | Quansight | zklaus |
| Parsa Bahraminejad | PB | Prefix.dev | prsabahrami |
| Marius van Niekerk | MvN | Voltron Data | mariusvniekerk |
| Dasha Gurova | DG | Anaconda | dashagurova |
| Jannis Leidel | JL | Anaconda/conda | jezdez |
| Tania Allard | TA | Quansight | trallard |

10 people in total

## Introductions

- [ ] Parsa, part of Prefix.

## Announcements

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## New Agenda Items

- [ ] (JRG) Code of conduct WG in NumFOCUS, informative session. Volunteers?
- [ ] February 13: 9:00–10:00 AM PST
- [ ] February 19: 21:00–22:00 PM PST
- [ ] March 4: 8:00–9:00 AM PST
- [ ] (WV/PB) WIP Optional & conditional dependencies
- [ ] Syntax: `foo[extras=[baz,bar]]`
- [ ] Conditional: `foo; if linux`
- [ ] JRG: Similar to https://peps.python.org/pep-0496/, which can serve as a good starting point
- [ ] CEP still outstanding
- [ ] JRG: Zulip threads xrefs
- [ ] https://conda.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/457607-general/topic/Optional.20dependencies.20.2F.20conditional.20dependencies
- [ ] https://conda-forge.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/457337-general/topic/PyPI.20style.20.22extras.22.20for.20the.20conda.20ecosystem
- [ ] JL:
- [ ] Cover https://github.com/conda/ceps/pull/55
- [ ] (WV) sigstore being silently rolled out on prefix.dev soon
- [ ] Attestations from Github are accepted
- [ ] We need to define a predicate type to use for conda packages
- [ ] (WV) Jinja changes in rattler-build
- [ ] More types added: boolean and integers
- [ ] There is interest in adding `list`
- [ ] Undefined variables are now a fat error
- [ ] JRG: https://github.com/mitsuhiko/minijinja/pull/687
- [ ] Python bindings available!
- [ ] (JL) Progress status of rattler-build adoption in conda-forge?
- [ ] WV: 600+ recipes migrated. [Minimigrators](https://github.com/regro/cf-scripts/issues/3642) still pending.
- [ ] MvN: Safe bet for simple recipes like single output `noarch: python`.
- [ ] Some chatter about automated migrations, Jinja `{% %}` complications, conda-recipe-manager, and [`hadim/feedrattler`](https://github.com/hadim/feedrattler)
- [ ] (JRG) Follow up on conda.org [domain records for Bluesky's conda account](https://github.com/conda/infrastructure/issues/1089) and [schemas.conda.org](https://github.com/conda/infrastructure/issues/1082)? :)
- [ ] Cheng looking into it.