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Guidelines for marking packages as broken:

• We prefer to patch the repo data (see here) instead of marking packages as broken. This alternative workflow makes environments more reproducible.
• Packages with requirements/metadata that are too strict but otherwise work are not technically broken and should not be marked as such.
• Packages with missing metadata can be marked as broken on a temporary basis but should be patched in the repo data and be marked unbroken later.
• In some cases where the number of users of a package is small or it is used by the maintainers only, we can allow packages to be marked broken more liberally.
• We (conda-forge/core) try to make a decision on these requests within 24 hours.

What will happen when a package is marked broken?

• Our bots will add the broken label to the package. The main label will remain on the package and this is normal.
• Our bots will rebuild our repodata patches to remove this package from the repodata.
• In a few hours after the anaconda.org CDN picks up the new patches, you will no longer be able to install the package from the main channel.

Checklist:

• [ x] I want to mark a package as broken (or not broken):

  • [x ] Added a description of the problem with the package in the PR description.
  • [ x] Pinged the team for the package for their input.

• [ ] I want to archive a feedstock:

  • [ ] Pinged the team for that feedstock for their input.
  • [ ] Make sure you have opened an issue on the feedstock explaining why it was archived.
  • [ ] Linked that issue in this PR description.
  • [ ] Added links to any other relevant issues/PRs in the PR description.

Reason: Bugs were pushed accidentally to the versions included in the broken.yml file

ping @conda-forge/hypso

These builds span several versions 🤔 Is it a source bug, or a metadata bug? Can you link to an issue where this is further detailed? Thanks.