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arcCommand conda package (aka delivering arcCommander with supporting binaries in an easy and portable manner) #151

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chgarth opened this issue Aug 30, 2022 · 0 comments
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Type: Feature Request This item is confirmed by the maintainers to be a request for a new feature

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chgarth commented Aug 30, 2022

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
It is currently very hard to install arcCommander and all its (indirect) supporting binaries (and dependencies thereof, e.g. git-credentials-helper and friends), in a platform-portable manner.

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conda install [-c nfdi4plants] arc-commander

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Getting arcCommander installed together with support binaries and their dependencies is currently an unsolved problem and requires a lot of kludges. All of these kludges and workarounds are already addressed, e.g. by platform-portable package managers (e.g. miniconda), and we are not well advised IMHO in re-solving them. For example, portable conda environments e.g. appear as a promising solution for USB sticks etc., but we cannot use them for lack of an arcCommander conda package.

By not addressing this in a systematic manner, we are accumulating a lot of technical debt in binary distribution of our tools.

(Personally, I consider this as a very high priority.)

@omaus omaus added the Type: Feature Request This item is confirmed by the maintainers to be a request for a new feature label Jun 5, 2024
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