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# 2022-06-22 Conda Community Meeting
* [Meeting link](https://zoom.us/j/9138593505?pwd=SWh3dE1IK05LV01Qa0FJZ1ZpMzJLZz09)
* [What time is the meeting in my time zone](https://arewemeetingyet.com/UTC/2022-06-22/17:00/b/Conda%20community%20meeting)
## Attendees
| Name | Initials | Affiliation | GH Username |
| -------------------------| -------- | ------------- | ------------------ |
| Jannis Leidel | JL | Anaconda | jezdez |
| Dave Clements | DPC | Anaconda | tnabtaf |
| Bianca Henderson | BH | Anaconda | beeankha |
| Filipe Fernandes | FF | conda-forge | ocefpaf |
| John Kirkham | JK | cf/NVIDIA | jakirkham |
| Daniel Holth | DH | Anaconda | dholth |
| Ken Odegard | KO | Anaconda | kenodegard |
| Marius van Niekerk | MvN | Voltron Data | mariusvniekerk |
| Katherine Kinnaman | KK | Anaconda | kathatherine |
| | | | |
11 people present
## Introductions
## Announcements
* (MRB, absent, please read out) Please remember to vote on adding Jaime to the steering council
* (MRB, absent, please read out) Please send comments on the new governance PR (https://github.com/conda-incubator/governance/pull/51)
* (JL) CEP 6 vote passed and implemenation is on the final stretch
* https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/blob/main/cep-6.md
* (JL) Intention to call for vote for Code of Conduct proposal
* https://github.com/conda-incubator/governance/pull/49
* Steering Council Input still welcome!
* (JL) NEW! Public "planning" project board for some conda projects:
* https://github.com/orgs/conda/projects/2
* Single source of truth for Open Source efforts, including some agile ceremonies of the conda team at Anaconda
* Open for feedback and hopefully improves visibility of priorities
* Covers a number of dimensions of project management:
* issue sorting
* support requests
* backlog review
* sprint planning
* sprint review
* documentation issues
* epics
* tentative roadmap plans
* (JL) NEW! CEP project board to track pull requests and issues:
* https://github.com/orgs/conda-incubator/projects/1
* Also accessible via https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/projects?type=beta
* (JL) Reminder: conda development sprint at SciPy 2022 in Austin July 16/17
* focus on getting beginners to contribute
* no need to commit to specific features or shipping code
* informal event to talk about all things conda (and friends)
* (JL) New constructor community team
* Formally transfers constructor, menuinst and conda-pack from "federated" to "community" project status. See governance policy for more info on ["federated projects"](https://github.com/conda-incubator/governance#community-federated--attic-maintenance)
* New team consists of 10 members of the community
* Ticket: https://github.com/conda-incubator/governance/issues/53
* conda team: https://github.com/orgs/conda-incubator/teams/constructor/members
* conda-incubator team: https://github.com/orgs/conda/teams/constructor/members
* Goals are:
* improve maintenance of these fundamental projects of the eco system
* unblock contributions from community members (e.g. Jaime's work via Napari)
* have a common code base for "installers" in the ecosystem
* (JL) conda-zsh-completions moved to conda-incubator
* Author esc reached out and asked to transfer it, thank you for years of maintenance!
* https://twitter.com/esc___/status/1536702772128759809
* Goal is to hand-over maintenance to community and align with other people interested in improved shell integration
* New team with broader name "conda-completions":
* https://github.com/orgs/conda-incubator/teams/conda-completions
* May be realigned in future if plans for shell integration change
* Contributors and feedback welcome!
## New Agenda Items
* (JK) Handling other shells ( https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/6820 )
* Apple uses zsh by default on macOS
* https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/4/18651872/apple-macos-catalina-zsh-bash-shell-replacement-features
* Fish also sees a fair bit of usage
* https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/7993
* (JL) Consolidating conda CLA information into conda/infra repo
* https://github.com/conda/infra/issues/564
* (DPC) [Fiscal Sponsorship Proposal](https://github.com/conda-incubator/governance/issues/54)
* Fiscal sponsorship allows us to accept funding and manage trademarks. Creates conda as a legal entity
* Submissions are due by July 15, which means we need input soon, so we can finish voting before that.
* (KK) [Conda capitalization](https://github.com/conda/conda-docs/issues/803)
* If you care to comment, please do!
* Main consensus currently is to follow what Git does. Git for organization/program, git for command
* (DH) [conda-package-streaming](https://github.com/conda-incubator/conda-package-streaming)
* Coming soon
* Downloads partial conda packages (both formats) for quick metadata inspection or any in-memory use
* Byproduct of conda-index improvements
## What is this meeting for?
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.