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# 2024-06-05 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 |
| ---------------------- | -------- | ------------ | ---------------- |
| Jannis Leidel | JL | Anaconda/conda/cf | jezdez |
| Marco Esters | ME | Anaconda | marcoesters |
| Filipe Fernandes | FF | conda-forge | ocefpaf |
| Bianca Henderson | BH | Anaconda | beeankha |
| Wolf Vollprecht | WV | prefix.dev | wolfv |
| Jaime Rodríguez-Guerra | JRG | Quansight/cf | jaimergp |
| Nichita Morcotilo | NM | prefix.dev | nichmor |
| Marcel Bargull | MB | Bioconda/cf | mbargull |
| Katherine Kinnaman | KK | Anaconda | kathatherine |
| Dasha Gurova | DG | Anaconda | dashagurova |
| Bas Zalmstra | BZ | prefix.dev | baszalmstra |

11 people in total

## Introductions
- [ ] Aaron Opfer, Python dev (Chicago Trading Company)

## Announcements

## New Agenda Items

- [x] (WV) [rattler-build](https://github.com/prefix-dev/rattler-build) shaping up
- [x] [nushell support](https://github.com/prefix-dev/rattler-build/pull/907)
- [x] files selection support
- [x] Equivalent in conda-build: https://github.com/conda/conda-build/pull/5216
- [x] [experimental cache support](https://github.com/prefix-dev/rattler-build/pull/898)
- [x] JL: Not sure about the name of `cache`.
- [x] JRG: Maybe `pre-build`?
- [x] WV: Good time to check the open ceps for comments: https://github.com/conda/ceps/pulls/wolfv
- [x] (WV) reproducible builds effort also shaping up
- [x] (WV) resolvo improvements for up to 10x faster resolves (vs libsolv)
- [x] just need to finish the error reporter
- [x] (JL) made call for rattler-build focused trial (not just toying!) within Anaconda
- [x] Any rattler-build starting guide available?
- [x] Onboarding for conda-build user
- [ ] (JRG) A round of informative CEPs just dropped. [`explicit.txt`](https://github.com/conda/ceps/pull/79), [`environment.yml`](https://github.com/conda/ceps/pull/81), [`MatchSpec` grammar](https://github.com/conda/ceps/pull/82).
- [ ] I'd like to end up with something like [what packaging.python.org has](https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/). Possibly with some elements from OpenContainers too ([runtime spec](https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/blob/main/spec.md), [image-spec](https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/main/spec.md), [distribution-spec](https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec/blob/main/spec.md))
- [ ] (JL) Governance FYIs and ideas:
- [ ] New discussion: "conda maintainers" team to replace legacy "conda-core" catch-all
- [ ] feedback welcome
- [ ] @dholth, JL, JRG discussed whether to include conda-package-streaming, conda-package-handling in that as well
- [ ] https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/13526
- [ ] FYI: Passed vote and created new "CLA Reviewers" team
- [ ] https://github.com/conda/governance/issues/136
- [ ] Idea: A technical review group, to streamline deep work on standard CEPs
- [ ] this was tried before, we didn't agree on a format
- [ ] How can we help the steering council to review and vote on CEPs that are outside their skillset?