Fred Eisele

The current approach is to use some combination of `post-link`, `pre-unlink`, `activate`, and `deactivate` scripts. (Generally, `pre-link` scripts are discouraged (and is not supported in mamba).) There are some issues...

Let me give a bit more information about the current approach. The `post-link`:`pre-unlink' and `activate` : `deactivate` pairs need to share information. Consider a package named `foo`. The `post-link.bat` and...

@isuruf Let me take your questions in turn. What is reason for having such a package? I answered this already but I will repeat. When developing and using software it...

Could someone change this from a question into a discussion. Part of the discussion is about what packages should be included/excluded in conda-forge. A related part is the value of...

> I don't understand why you need the conda package at all > As an illustrative example consider the linux program ‘(update-)alternatives’, which does not install any software, rather it...

The conda package is not empty, it contains `post-link`, `pre-unlink`, `activate`, and `deactivate` scripts. Suppose I have several different variants of java installed on my machine (say 8 to make...

https://linux.die.net/man/8/update-alternatives > It is possible for several programs fulfilling the same or similar functions to be installed on a single system at the same time. For example, many systems have...

Is the purpose of `conda` primarily to install packages or establish named environments? (or something else?)

I just ran across [conda virtual packages](https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/tasks/manage-virtual.html). I claim that there should be a class of packages that fit between typical conda packages (which both package and activate software) and...

It seems the main reason to not support this capability is https://conda-forge.org/docs/maintainer/adding_pkgs.html#avoid-external-dependencies > As a general rule: all dependencies have to be packaged by conda-forge as well. This is necessary...