Miscellaneous

Glossary

CI

Continuous Integration. Continuous integration is the practice of automating the integration of code changes from multiple contributors into a single software project. Learn More.

PR

Pull Request. Pull Request is a workflow method to submit contributions to an open development project in which the developer asks for changes committed to an external repository to be considered for inclusion in a project’s main repository. Learn More.

CDT

Core Dependency Tree. Core Dependency Tree packages take care of the dependencies which are so close to the system that they are not packaged with conda-forge. A CDT package consists of repackaged CentOS binaries from the appropriate version, either 6 or 7 depending on user choice and platform. Learn more.

ABI

Application Binary Interface. ABI is a document that comprehensively defines the binary system interface between applications and the operating system on which they run. Learn More.

ICU

International Components for Unicode. ICU is an open-source project of mature C/C++ and Java libraries for Unicode support, software internationalization, and software globalization. Learn More.

CRAN

Comprehensive R Archive Network. CRAN is a network of FTP and web servers around the world that store identical, up-to-date, versions of code and documentation for R. Learn More.

CFEP

Conda Forge Enhancement Proposal. A CFEP is a document which outlines a suggested change to how the conda-forge project operates, from a technical standpoint as well as to address social topics such as governance and expected conduct. Learn More.

TODO list

Todo

add some information on r packages which make heavy use of noarch: generic

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