Add Conda Ecosystem Explained article.

jezdez commented 2 months ago

Description

Just a quick overview about the conda ecosystem, for reasons..

@dashagurova Could you take a look please?

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jezdez commented 2 months ago

I'm missing some comments on the existing mirrors of the popular Anaconda.org channels and how to run a conda instance without Anaconda.org (or at least examples of such). Ideally we would have standards that explain how to set up a conda channel from scratch, but well, we'll get there.

Namely, I'd like to see mentions of:

The OCI mirror in GHCR (with its limitations and differences)

The Prefix mirror

The conda-subchannel prototypes using Github Releases (only small channels or CEP-15 mirrors)

Examples of non-anaconda.org mirrors in the wild (universities, Artifactory, etc)

Thanks a lot for putting this together!

How about this section:

Evolving package hosting

While anaconda.org is the central package repository for a large part of the community, it's by far not the only option to host conda packages:

A Conda Enhancement Proposal about using Open Container Images (OCI) for storing conda packages and repodata is currently discussed, and the tooling to mirror channels exists.
conda-subchannel is another community prototype to evolve the way how conda channels can be served through self-hosting or public cloud hosting (e.g. GitHub Pages).
<a blurb about prefix mirror?>
<a blurb about uni/commercial hosting?>

xhochy commented 2 months ago

If you want a review, please don't keep it in draft.

jezdez commented 2 months ago

If you want a review, please don't keep it in draft.

Noted, good call

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