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# 2024-12-18 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 |
| ---------------------- | -------- | ------------ | ---------------- |
| Marco Esters | ME | Anaconda | marcoesters |
| Klaus Zimmermann | KZ | Quansight | zklaus |
| Michael Sarahan | MS | | |
| Matthew Becker | MB | | |
| Wolf Vollbrecht | WV | | |
| Marius van Niekerk | MvN | | |
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X people in total

## Introductions

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## Announcements

- [ ] (WV) New rattler-build release 0.33.0
- [ ] Much faster package linking on Windows, Linux and macOS
- [ ] (ME) A new version of Miniconda, 24.11.1, is released
- [ ] Includes brand new uninstall logic w/ recursive removal and option to remove configuration, data, and cache files.
- [ ] pixi build teaser: https://pixi.sh/dev/build/getting_started/ (Alpha software!)
- [ ] WV was elected to the Technical Steering Commitee of Numfocus

## New Agenda Items

- [ ] (WV) MatchSpecs could become less ambiguous.
- [ ] Zulip discussion [here](https://conda-forge.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/457337-general/topic/rattler-build.20.22strict.22.20matchspec.20parsing).
- [ ] Rattler-build 0.33.0 has a check for a strict parsing w/ a helpful error message
- [ ] Will become part of rattler
- [ ] We would like to have the exact rules written down as a CEP.
- [ ] https://github.com/conda/ceps/pull/82 previous approach for standardization