[FR] Publish `firebase-admin` on `conda-forge`

[bstadlbauer]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Would you be open to also publishing firebase-admin via conda on conda-forge? If so, I could create the necessary feedstock repository to get things started.

Describe the solution you'd like This would entail creating a new "feedstock" repository (here is an example) which builds the conda package based on the package available on PyPi

Describe alternatives you've considered

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[lahirumaramba]

Hi @bstadlbauer, Thank you for the feature request! I am not too familiar with conda, could you help me understand the use cases here? IIUC, you can use both pip and conda side-by-side... is using both tools a reasonable compromise?

[bstadlbauer]

Hi @lahirumaramba!

I am not too familiar with conda, could you help me understand the use cases here? IIUC, you can use both pip and conda side-by-side... is using both tools a reasonable compromise?

Sure! Happy to go a bit more in-depth here. While it is possible to use pip together with conda, this comes with some caveats. From my experience, especially in a more production-y setting, it is favorable to have everything come from one source, especially when a pip installed project or one of it's dependencies is not a pure Python project. E.g. firebase-admin depends on GRPC which I've seen causing trouble in mixed environments. A second, and probably more niche use-case is that it's easier to create a dependency lock file from "just" conda dependencies using e.g. conda-lock. While conda-lock offers to also lock pip-dependencies (docs), this is still somewhat experimental and fails in certain circumstances (e.g. https://github.com/conda/conda-lock/issues/253)

[adiku]

I agree, it will be great if this is available on conda..

[heidimhurst]

This would be really useful!