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# 2022-08-17 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/2022-08-17/17:00/b/Conda%20community%20meeting)

## Attendees

| Name | Initials | Affiliation | GH Username |
| -------------------------| -------- | -------------- | ------------------ |
| Cheng H. Lee | CHL | Anaconda/cf | chenghlee |
| Ken Odegard | KO | Anaconda | kenodegard |
| Bianca Henderson | BH | Anaconda | beeankha |
| Dave Clements | DPC | Anaconda | tnabtaf |
| John Kirkham | JK | NVIDIA/cf | jakirkham |
| Daniel Holth | DH | Anaconda | dholth |
| Daniel Ching | DJC | Argonne | carterbox |
|Jason McAllister |JMC |Anaconda |Solid-Snake-Jay |
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12 people total

## Introductions

## Announcements

- [x] (CHL; BH) Reminder to vote on [Plugins Mechanism Implementation CEP](https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/pull/32)
- 9 YEA, 0 NAY / 16 Steering Council Members
- one more vote until quorum
- [x] (CHL; KO) Reminder to vote on [Conda Release Schedule CEP](https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/pull/26)
- 10 YEA, 0 NAY / 16 Steering Council Members
- has reached quorum
- [x] (JMC) SHA-256 checksums went live on anaconda.org yesterday

## New Agenda Items

- [x] (JK) Improving dev tooling experience
- https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/4559
- https://conda.slack.com/archives/C017C690FLP/p1657693438457519
- (not originally discussed, but related) https://github.com/mamba-org/boa/issues/292
- Particularly when using conda when developing libraries; build in-place type of functionality
- (MS) `conda debug` can create environment based to test. How to tie back in environment changes into the recipe
- C++ users with large code bases; improve `conda develop`?
- (MS) How do you know a rebuild is needed?
- (JK) CMake caches as does Cython, but not all tools do.
- (CHL) will collect tickets and put together epics to work on this.
- [x] (DPC) [Conda Communication Channels Update](https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/issues/36) proposal
- Chat, Forum, Announcements Mailing List
- Is this a good idea?
- What platform choices should we make?
- (JRG) Should focus on forum, not instant messaging
- [x] (DPC) conda.org
- Call for interested team members.
- Content ideas: (DPC) news & events feed
- [x] (CJ) Telemetry, potentially as plug-in
- (CHL) What kind? (CJ) E.g., What was the `conda config`, what was requested, what was installed?
- (ED) Interested in internal collection (within a company)? Local telemetry server.
- (CHL) Have discussed at the local level; want to avoid collecting usernames or other PII.
- (JK) What about autofilling a GitHub issue when Conda fails?
- (ED) Idea to submit results to telemetry server and gives a UUID to user (to find issue)
- (BH) Potential extension to [`conda doctor`](https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/474)
- (CJ) How should we configure plugins? (condarc vs per-plugin config file)
- [x] (JK) Anaconda.org feedback
- Past conda-forge feedback doc: https://hackmd.io/AEGxv_-8QIOylb56_wQozg?both

## 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.