On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 5:34 PM, Wes Turner <wes.tur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Chances are, there will be a package or two that you rely on that is not >> in conda defaults (maintained by Continuum) or currently in conda-forge. So >> you can pip-install those few -- but what if they aren't on PyPi either? or >> are hard to compile and install with ugly dependencies? You can contribute >> build recipes to conda-forge, and then have it for you, and all your users, >> and the rest of the world to access. Much better than hand maintaining >> stuff yourself. >> > > Someone still needs to commit to maintaining the conda package; otherwise > who knows whether this is the latest stable release? > Indeed. and it it's a not-that-widely-used package, then you will have to do that yourself -- but using the conda-forge infrastructure makes that (relatively) easy. In contrast -- who knows whether the package on PyPi is the latest stable release? Hopefully the maintainer is keeping it up, but if not, you're kinda dead in the water. >> My pain point now is still full multi-platform support. conda has package >> versions that are platform independent, but it can still be hard to get >> everything built in the same version on all platforms, so it does get a >> bit ugly. >> > > Docker images are reproducible and archivable: > In a way Docker, as I understand it, is orthogonal to this conversation. And when I talk about "all platforms", I mean running natively on all platforms -- I can't give my Windows users a Linux VM and expect them to know what the heck to do with it. Not that Docker isn't a really useful tool to htlep address some of these problems... -CHB > What platforms does conda-forge auto-build for? > - [x] x86[-64] > linux-64 win-32 win-64 osx-64 (all Intel) - [ ] linux-armv7l > - https://github.com/conda-forge/conda-forge.github.io/issues/269 > looks like folks are trying, but it's not really there yet -- mostly due to the lack of easy to access CI services for armv7I It's an open-source project -- if it's important to someone, it will get done. -CHB -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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