root-binaries no longer updated?

[KrisThielemans]

Comment:

root-binaries is currently stuck at v6.22.8 ("Last upload: 1 year and 6 months ago") while root_base (and root itself) are at v6.26.8. Should I give up using root-binaries?

I think this is the reason why our feedstock fails to resolve. We're using root_base for building and running, but root-binaries for testing. Error log is here, but the important bit is likely

RuntimeError: Solver could not find solution.Mamba failed to solve:
 - root-binaries
 - pytest
 - numpy >=1.20.3,<2.0a0
 - _openmp_mutex >=4.5
 - root_base >=6.26.4,<6.26.5.0a0
 - libgomp
 - python >=3.8,<3.9.0a0
 - libitk >=5.1,<5.2.0a0
 - python_abi 3.8.* *_cp38
 - libstdcxx-ng >=12
 - libgcc-ng >=12

with channels:

The reported errors are:
- Encountered problems while solving:
-   - package root-binaries-6.18.04-py37h43da065_20 requires root_base 6.18.04 py37hcbbea0b_20, but none of the providers can be installed

I don't know why it's going back to v6.18

[KrisThielemans]

I can confirm that switching to root itself makes this problem disappear.

[chrisburr]

root_base is the one to use in conda-forge as a dependency and contains everything except the compiler symlinks and a few optional dependencies (like numba). I'll follow up with your other issues in #191.

[KrisThielemans]

Thanks @chrisburr I'm now using root_base in our test, and that works.

Should root-binaries be removed from the README if it is no longer used?

[chrisburr]

Yes it should 😅 I'll reopen this to remind me to do it