Status of Conda ecosystem support

[rgommers]

• [x] Python itself and pip are now available in the ad_testing channel (builds on top of defaults): https://py-free-threading.github.io/installing_cpython/#conda
• [x] conda-forge support (work not started yet)
• [ ] Issue with installing noarch packages in conda (& other installers): https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/14053

Currently (as of July 23rd, 2024) the recommended way to set up a conda dev environment for free-threaded CPython is to install python and pip from the ad-testing channel, and then install everything else from source or from nightly wheels.

[jjhelmus]

Conda-forge has a free-threading release of Python 3.13.0rc1: conda-forge/python-feedstock#679.

[lesteve]

FWIW the conda-forge command to install a free-threaded CPython from conda-forge was added in #74 and is available in https://py-free-threading.github.io/installing_cpython/#conda-forge