Can we change the name of the rc_iris label?

[trexfeathers]

Comment:

The current guidance suggests iris_rc would be the correct name. This leaves us vulnerable to mistakes when following our release workflow.

If the cost of changing the name would be great, then I reckon don't bother. But if it would be easy then this would be helpful.

[ocefpaf]

Sure, you can change it by modifying it here: https://github.com/conda-forge/iris-feedstock/blob/rc/recipe/conda_build_config.yaml#L2

BTW, it too me a while to find the right branch! Why are there so many branches here?

https://github.com/conda-forge/iris-feedstock/branches/active

Note that PRs from direct from branches, instead of a branched fork, will result in premature package upaload!

[trexfeathers]

Sure, you can change it by modifying it here: https://github.com/conda-forge/iris-feedstock/blob/rc/recipe/conda_build_config.yaml#L2

@ocefpaf nice, thanks, I'll get on that soon.

Why are there so many branches here?

We would love your opinion on this, if you are interested. conda-forge occasionally makes automated improvements to feedstock repos (e.g. #96), but these are obviously applied to the main branch only. We are therefore concerned with the rc branch getting out-of-date as time goes on - we wanted a way to get the latest main updates onto rc.

• ❌ Merging main into rc seemed inappropriate, since this might change one of the many files that are managed by conda-forge, and are not supposed to be touched directly by maintainers. In the worst case there might even be conflicts to resolve.
• ✔ The conda-forge guidance allows for maintainers creating an rc branch from main, so we decided to do that 'fresh' for every new major/minor release.

Can you think of a better solution? Our current one does seem a little strange.

[ocefpaf]

Changes like #96 should be few and far between. Even more so for pure Python packages. With that said, there is no good guidance on that. I prefer to port the commit before the re-render to the maintainance branch, and re-render the feedstock myself.

[trexfeathers]

Thanks for the info, something for us to think about I guess.