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# 2023-03-15 Conda Community Meeting

[Zoom link](https://zoom.us/j/9138593505) · [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 |
| ---------------------- | -------- | ------------ | ---------------- |
| Ken Odegard | KO | Anaconda | kenodegard |
| Travis Hathaway | TH | Anaconda | travishathaway |
| Jaime Rodríguez-Guerra | JRG | Quansight/cf | jaimergp |
| Filipe Fernandes | FF | conda-forge | ocefpaf |
| Katherine Abrikian | KA | Anaconda | kalawac |
| Cheng H. Lee | CHL | Anaconda/cf | chenghlee |
| Bianca Henderson | BH | Anaconda | beeankha |
| Dave Clements | DPC | Anaconda | tnabtaf |
| Katherine Kinnaman | KK | Anaconda | kathatherine |
| Jesse Wiles | JW | Anaconda | jessewiles |
| Wolf Vollprecht | WV | prefix.dev | wolfv |
| | | | jakirkham |

12 people in total

## Introductions

- [x] Jesse Wiles (Anaconda): anaconda.org developer

## Announcements

- [x] (KO) Conda 23.3.0 and conda-build 3.24.0 releases are in progress
- https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/12458
- https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/4795
- Expecting to tag & release conda later today, will likely show up on defaults & conda-forge next week
- conda-build is temporarily on hold since Jannis is out but will likely also become available next week

## New Agenda Items

- [x] (JRG) GSoD 2023 submission for conda.org content
- Looking for volunteers to mentor, PR review, etc.
- Submitting Mar 24
- [x] (DPC) [Conda @ PyCon US 2023](https://conda.discourse.group/t/conda-pycon-us-2023/222)
- No community booth, but...
- Sprint for first two days! Other packaging groups rumored to be there for all four days.
- [Open Spaces](https://us.pycon.org/2023/events/open-spaces/)
- Plugins
- [Python Packaging Summit](https://us.pycon.org/2023/events/packaging-summit/)
- Register by April 1
- Join us on the [Conda PyCon US 2023 Matrix channel](https://app.element.io/#/room/#conda-pycon-us-2023:matrix.org)
- [x] (TH) PyCon DE
- Anyone else here going?
- JRG: Me! Wolf as well
- I'll be talking about plugins and mentioning conda in my talk (https://pretalx.com/pyconde-pydata-berlin-2023/talk/RDQH3W/)
- [x] (JRG) [OpenID Connect](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/deployment/security-hardening-your-deployments/about-security-hardening-with-openid-connect) support in Anaconda.org?
- Would simplify management of large community channels (conda-forge, bioconda).
- Would it posisble to have different authn mechanisms in anaconda.org?
- On the roadmap to implement SSO across all Anaconda services

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