From 47a38c2d80bef0699b7fc99b94f1722dd74c3d97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jaimergp Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:22:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/7] Add news about sunsetting Mambaforge --- news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md diff --git a/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md b/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3738b2e117 --- /dev/null +++ b/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# Sunsetting Mambaforge + +With the [Miniforge 23.3.1 release](https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/tag/23.3.1-0), the Miniforge and Mambaforge installers became essentially **identical**. The +only difference between the two was their name and, subsequently, +the default installation directory. + +Maintaining both installers adds unnecessary burden to our support infrastructure and creates confusion among end users. As a result, last year we decided to _discourage_ the usage of Mambaforge in favor of Miniforge. + +A year later, we would like to formally sunset Mambaforge. All users are encouraged to switch to Miniforge. Remember they contain the same packages, so the only difference is the default installation directory. + +The deprecation process will roughly follow this calendar: + +- August 2024: The Mambaforge installers will warn about the deprecation and make the user wait 30 seconds before continuing. +- October 2024: The Mambaforge installers will refuse to install in pre-specified dates. +- January 2025: The Mambaforge installers will stop being built and distributed. From 78e0986983884e51c7a970dfcc9598f7b1ad537c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "pre-commit-ci[bot]" <66853113+pre-commit-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 07:31:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/7] [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci --- news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md b/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md index 3738b2e117..c7b7001d34 100644 --- a/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md +++ b/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ With the [Miniforge 23.3.1 release](https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/tag/23.3.1-0), the Miniforge and Mambaforge installers became essentially **identical**. The only difference between the two was their name and, subsequently, -the default installation directory. +the default installation directory. -Maintaining both installers adds unnecessary burden to our support infrastructure and creates confusion among end users. As a result, last year we decided to _discourage_ the usage of Mambaforge in favor of Miniforge. +Maintaining both installers adds unnecessary burden to our support infrastructure and creates confusion among end users. As a result, last year we decided to _discourage_ the usage of Mambaforge in favor of Miniforge. A year later, we would like to formally sunset Mambaforge. All users are encouraged to switch to Miniforge. Remember they contain the same packages, so the only difference is the default installation directory. From e0c2fb99c97f520d68529f17d4de8cc9247b6a02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jaimergp Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:41:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/7] wrap paragraphs --- news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md | 17 +++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md b/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md index c7b7001d34..ac62c8b8f3 100644 --- a/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md +++ b/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md @@ -1,15 +1,20 @@ # Sunsetting Mambaforge -With the [Miniforge 23.3.1 release](https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/tag/23.3.1-0), the Miniforge and Mambaforge installers became essentially **identical**. The -only difference between the two was their name and, subsequently, -the default installation directory. +With the [Miniforge 23.3.1 release](https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/tag/23.3.1-0), +the Miniforge and Mambaforge installers became essentially **identical**. The only difference +between the two was their name and, subsequently, the default installation directory. -Maintaining both installers adds unnecessary burden to our support infrastructure and creates confusion among end users. As a result, last year we decided to _discourage_ the usage of Mambaforge in favor of Miniforge. +Maintaining both installers adds unnecessary burden to our support infrastructure and creates +confusion among end users. As a result, last year we decided to _discourage_ the usage of +Mambaforge in favor of Miniforge. -A year later, we would like to formally sunset Mambaforge. All users are encouraged to switch to Miniforge. Remember they contain the same packages, so the only difference is the default installation directory. +A year later, we would like to formally sunset Mambaforge. All users are encouraged to switch to +Miniforge. Remember they contain the same packages, so the only difference is the default +installation directory. The deprecation process will roughly follow this calendar: -- August 2024: The Mambaforge installers will warn about the deprecation and make the user wait 30 seconds before continuing. +- August 2024: The Mambaforge installers will warn about the deprecation and make the user wait 30 + seconds before continuing. - October 2024: The Mambaforge installers will refuse to install in pre-specified dates. - January 2025: The Mambaforge installers will stop being built and distributed. From 1849110c6bf520c710a164c7fd8c50117a43dd79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jaimergp Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:59:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 4/7] pre-commit --- news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md b/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md index ac62c8b8f3..706d3677ad 100644 --- a/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md +++ b/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Sunsetting Mambaforge -With the [Miniforge 23.3.1 release](https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/tag/23.3.1-0), +With the [Miniforge 23.3.1 release](https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/tag/23.3.1-0), the Miniforge and Mambaforge installers became essentially **identical**. The only difference between the two was their name and, subsequently, the default installation directory. From 1f2f8d21d981a837d08c1c91258e4ee3736f8c7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Matthew R. Becker" Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 06:33:31 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 5/7] Update news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md --- news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md b/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md index 706d3677ad..9db77558c2 100644 --- a/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md +++ b/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md @@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ The deprecation process will roughly follow this calendar: - August 2024: The Mambaforge installers will warn about the deprecation and make the user wait 30 seconds before continuing. -- October 2024: The Mambaforge installers will refuse to install in pre-specified dates. +- October 2024: The Mambaforge installers will refuse to install during several pre-specified date ranges (i.e., ["brownouts"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownout_(software_engineering))) in order to encourage users to switch to Miniforge. - January 2025: The Mambaforge installers will stop being built and distributed. From 1bab615f35dccf370189335a04ef5c8d45951152 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "pre-commit-ci[bot]" <66853113+pre-commit-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:34:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 6/7] [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci --- news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md b/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md index 9db77558c2..33a09faa38 100644 --- a/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md +++ b/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md @@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ The deprecation process will roughly follow this calendar: - August 2024: The Mambaforge installers will warn about the deprecation and make the user wait 30 seconds before continuing. -- October 2024: The Mambaforge installers will refuse to install during several pre-specified date ranges (i.e., ["brownouts"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownout_(software_engineering))) in order to encourage users to switch to Miniforge. +- October 2024: The Mambaforge installers will refuse to install during several pre-specified date ranges (i.e., ["brownouts"]()) in order to encourage users to switch to Miniforge. - January 2025: The Mambaforge installers will stop being built and distributed. From 7e0b30555c5f601a8b2b9f69d52ccc940eb15788 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Matthew R. Becker" Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 06:40:27 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 7/7] Update news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md --- news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md b/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md index 33a09faa38..8d606b65fb 100644 --- a/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md +++ b/news/2024-07-29-sunsetting-mambaforge.md @@ -16,5 +16,8 @@ The deprecation process will roughly follow this calendar: - August 2024: The Mambaforge installers will warn about the deprecation and make the user wait 30 seconds before continuing. -- October 2024: The Mambaforge installers will refuse to install during several pre-specified date ranges (i.e., ["brownouts"]()) in order to encourage users to switch to Miniforge. +- October 2024: The Mambaforge installers will refuse to install during several pre-specified date ranges (i.e., ["brownouts"]()) in order to encourage users to switch to Miniforge. These dates are + - Every two weeks in October 2024 (2024-10-01, 2024-10-15) + - Every ten days in November 2024 (2024-11-01, 2024-11-10, 2024-11-20, 2024-11-30) + - Every five days in December 2024 (2024-12-05, 2024-12-10, 2024-12-15, 2024-12-20, 2024-12-25, 2024-12-30, 2024-12-31) - January 2025: The Mambaforge installers will stop being built and distributed.