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# 2024-10-23 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 |
| ---------------------- | -------- | ------------ | ---------------- |
| Schuyler Martin | SM | Anaconda | schuylermartin45 |
| Marius van Niekerk | MvN | Voltron Data / CF | mariusvniekerk |
| Jaime Rodríguez-Guerra | JRG | Quansight | jaimergp |
| Katherine Kinnaman | KK | Anaconda | kathatherine |
| Filipe Fernandes | FF | conda-forge | ocefpaf |
| John Kirkham | JK | NVIDA/cf | jakirkham |
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X people in total

## Introductions

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## Announcements

- [x] [Conda Recipe Manager](https://github.com/conda-incubator/conda-recipe-manager) is expanding into other terrirtory
- [x] Recipe Bumper
- [x] Dependency work

## New Agenda Items

- [ ] (DG) PyTorch channel announcement: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/138506
- [ ] `condastats` seems to be reporting inaccurate download numbers
- [ ] JRG: Surprisingly low given the amount of GH Search results for [`pytorch` channel mentions in `environment.yml` files](https://github.com/search?q=%2Fchannels%3A%5Cn*%5Cs%2B-+pytorch%2F+path%3Aenvironment.y*ml&ref=opensearch&type=code)
- [ ] JK: Added a comment here: https://github.com/ContinuumIO/anaconda-package-data/issues/45#issuecomment-2433454611
- [ ] (DG) Status of Zulip transition?
- [ ] JRG: [Opened draft CEP](https://github.com/conda/ceps/pull/92). No comments so far. Planning to call a vote once the [equivalent CFEP](https://github.com/conda-forge/cfep/pull/54) passes for conda-forge (scheduled Oct 31st).
- [ ] DG: Willing to help if needed.
- [ ] (postponed) JRG: `conda/conda-launchers`: build on win-arm64 and codesign it?
- See conversation at https://github.com/conda-forge/conda-forge.github.io/issues/1940#issuecomment-2413768986