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# conda-forge core meeting 2023-11-01

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- [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)
- [Last week's meeting](https://hackmd.io/#REPLACE_ME#)

## Attendees

| Name                    | Initials | GitHub ID        | Affiliation                 |
| ----------------------- | -------- | ---------------  | --------------------------- |
| Marius van Niekerk      | MvN      | mariusvniekerk   | Voltron Data/c-f            |
| Cheng H. Lee            | CHL      | chenghlee        | Anaconda/c-f                |
| Dave Clements           | DPC      | tnabtaf          | Anaconda                    |
| Marcel Bargull          | MB       | mbargull         | Bioconda/cf                 |
| Jaime Rodríguez-Guerra  | JRG      | jaimergp         | Quansight/cf                |
| Wolf Vollprecht         | WV       | wolfv            | prefix.dev.                 |
| Filipe Fernandes        | FF       | ocefpaf          | conda-forge                 |
| Daniel Ching            | DJC      | carterbox        | Argonne National Lab        |
| Matthew R Becker        | MRB      | beckermr         | cf                          |
| Mark A Anderson         | MAA      | markan           | anaconda                    |
| John Kirkham            | JK       | jakirkham        | NVIDIA/cf                   |

14 people total

### Standing items

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### From previous meeting(s)

- [x] (HV) archspec-enabled 
    - Since last time conda has started depending on archspec package.
    - Progressing...
    - Will revisit in a meeting or two
- [x] (JK) m2 recipes
    - Postpone 
- [x] (JK) Windows ARM
    - Isuru syncing with MSFT

### Active votes

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### Your `__new__()` agenda items

- [x] (JK) We/NVIDIA are hiring.
    - https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Remote/Senior-Engineer--Infrastructure--Build--and-Packaging---RAPIDS_JR1973615
- [x] (HV) next steps for MacOS 10.13
    - jinja for `stdlib("c")` was merged into conda-build (not yet released)
    - what's the next step? admin migration to add `{{ stdlib("c") }}` wherever there's a `{{ compiler("c") }}`?
    - MRB recommends agains an admin migration as too intrusive.  Be better to have a mini-migrator that rolls it out to new feed stocks.
    - JRG: 4.3k recipes with `compiler('c')` ([gh search](https://github.com/search?q=org%3Aconda-forge+path%3Ameta.yaml+compiler%28%22c%22%29+OR+compiler%28%27c%27%29&type=code))
    - MRB will comment about places where (linux) sysroot is set in our infra in the [issue](https://github.com/conda-forge/conda-forge.github.io/issues/1844).
    - WV will open an issue or a CFEP for this discussion.
    - This issue came up because there is a part of the build that is hidden, it is not exposed anywhere
- [x] (HV) Tracking issue for CUDA 12 on win?
    - https://github.com/conda-forge/cuda-nvcc-feedstock got windows support today
    - Something like [https://github.com/conda-forge/staged-recipes/issues/21382] for windows?
    - JK: No issue yet. Would be good to confirm that it works before we start rolling it out everywhere
- [x] (WV) First CEP for recipe spec accepted :tada: ... now unto the next
    - https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/blob/main/cep-13.md (accepted)
    - https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/pull/56 (the next one!)
    - Pure YAML. 
    - There is another CEP for key/values.
    - Drastic changes to multiple outputs.
    - Large changes to the test section.
        - List of tests, composed of test elements.
    - JRG: only ~100 recipes use `for` loops [[search](https://github.com/search?q=org%3Aconda-forge%20path%3Arecipe%2Fmeta.yaml%20%22%7B%25%20for%22&type=code)]
    - (MRB) Be careful when just abandoning keys in current spec.  They were put there for a reason. Try to understand those reasons, even if we don't keep them.
- [x] (MB) Intent to archive `ruamel_yaml` feedstock
    - https://github.com/conda-forge/ruamel_yaml-feedstock/issues/107
    - conda now dependent on upstream version.
- [x] (DPC) Anything to highlight in the November conda newsletter?
- [ ] (DPC) Is it time to get off twitter?
    - FF: We should mmove period.
        - BlueSky account is secured.
        - Not clear which Mastodon server we should use
        - It's a slow move. We should have both for some time. 
        - Point Twitter to new one
        - Dave and Filipe will coordinate across conda-forge and conda.

### Pushed to next meeting

- [ ] (HV) archspec-enabled 
- [ ] (JK) m2 recipes
- [ ] (JK) Windows ARM

### CFEPs

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