--- tags: [meeting-notes] --- # 2023-06-07 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 | | ---------------------- | -------- | ------------ | ---------------- | | Dave Clements | DPC | Anaconda | tnabtaf | | Travis Hathaway | TH | Anaconda | travishathaway | | Filipe Fernandes | FF | conda-forge | ocefpaf | | Jonathan Helmus | JH | Anaconda | jjhelmus | | Cheng H. Lee | CHL | Anaconda/cf | chenghlee | | Katherine Chen Abrikian | KCA | Anaconda | kalawac | | Marius van Niekerk | MvN | Voltron Data/cf | mariusvniekerk | | Katherine Kinnaman | KK | Anaconda | kathatherine | | Jannis Leidel | JL | Anaconda/cf | jezdez | | John Kirkham | JK | NVIDIA/cf | jakirkham | | | | | | | 13 people in total ## Introductions - [ ] Jonathan Helmus back in the conda-verse ## Announcements - [ ] ## New Agenda Items - [x] (DPC) [Draft project update for NumFOCUS June Newsletter](https://github.com/conda/communications/blob/main/workspace/2023/06/2023-06-conda-numfocus-project-update.md) - Please add / comment / etc. - DPC will submit to NumFOCUS on his Friday morning (US Pacific Time). - [x] (JH) Optional dependencies in conda - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kg5uAmBHD690av7or0XO3F-ObRIDGKNw3up8kE_kc8A/edit?usp=sharing - [x] (TH) `pre_command` and `post_command` plugin hooks (should be ready by version `23.7.0` 🤞) - [x] Demo project showing how `pre_command` works: https://github.com/travishathaway/conda-envlock/ - [x] Consider naming it to conda-protect; don't include the word lock - [x] Ideas were originally discussed in this CEP draft: https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/pull/45 - [x] JL: Need to be coordinating messaging towards users when we explain "locking", e.g. overlap with conda-lock and https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/12245 - [x] (TH) I might be coming to your repository to submit a pull request if you have a conda subcommand tool (e.g. conda-project, conda-lock) - Subcommand plugin hooks. - [x] (KCA) plugins to manage activate/deactivate functionality -- POSIX prototypes ready for review and comments: - [conda PR](https://github.com/conda/conda/pull/12721) - [gist explaining considerations](https://gist.github.com/kalawac/8a05141237a59f0f4e9830096704eb4f) (draft CEP to be created and will be linked under gist) - [x] (JL) conda-libmamba-solver - We should be more clear on what we intend to do. - Will ship `conda-libmamba-solver` in 2023.05 Miniconda & Anaconda installers, but not enabled by default. - Target September (2023.09) releases to make libmamba the default solver. - Classic solver will still be available.