[ ] We setup a mirror on depot one way or the other.
[ ] We only use the mirror if the https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/ download fails to download or doesn't hash properly (I don't want to ruin their metrics).
Issue previously title "Determine the best way to distribute conda."
The executable we can obtain via from https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/ but we should keep a mirror and see how this goes over the next year (cargo-port would be an other idea)
If we don't use conda for resolving datatype dependencies I see no point in doing this during common_startup.sh especially not if the user can change to not use conda at all in galaxy.ini.
[ ] We setup a mirror on depot one way or the other.
[ ] We only use the mirror if the https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/ download fails to download or doesn't hash properly (I don't want to ruin their metrics).
See comments on https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/pull/1345#discussion_r48053727.
Issue previously title "Determine the best way to distribute conda."