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Episode 16: Conda Forge, Mamba, and Packaging Con with Wolf Vollprecht Aug 16, 2021

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Wherein we talk with Wolf Vollprecht about his work on Conda Forge and Mamba and the upcoming Packaging-Con event that he's organizing.

The Packaging Con 2021: Call for Presentations is open until 1st September 2021,14:00 (UTC) if you'd like to speak: https://pretalx.com/packagingcon-2021/cfp

Special Guest: Wolf Vollprecht.

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Episode 15: Packagist with Nils Adermann Nov 10, 2019

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Wherein Alex talks with Nils Adermann, the co-founder of Packagist and co-creator of Composer, about package management in PHP.

Special Guest: Nils Adermann.

Episode 14: Debian and Reproducible Builds with Chris Lamb Nov 04, 2019

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Wherein we discuss how package management works in Debian and the Reproducible Builds project with Chris Lamb, a director of both the Open Source Initiative and of Software in the Public Interest, previously the Debian Project Leader and a core developer on the Reproducible Builds project.

Special Guest: Chris Lamb.

Episode 13: Conan with Diego Rodriguez-Losada Feb 25, 2019

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Wherein we discuss Conan, the C and C++ package manager with Diego Rodriguez-Losada as it reaches 1.0. We talk about what inspired the development of Conan, package management problems specific to C/C++ package management and the plans for the future.

Note: This episode was recorded 9 months before it was published, so some details may be out of date.

Special Guest: Diego Rodriguez-Losada.

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Episode 12: Clojars with Daniel Compton Feb 04, 2019

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Wherein we discuss Clojars, the clojure package manager registry and it's relationship to Maven with Daniel Compton.

Special Guest: Daniel Compton.

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Episode 11: Spack with Todd Gamblin Jan 21, 2019

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Wherein we chat with Todd Gamblin about Spack, the package manager for supercomputers. We talk the unique challenges that packaging for High-performance computing platforms bring to package management, whether you should mine bitcoins on super computers and what's planned for the future of spack.

Special Guest: Todd Gamblin.

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Episode 10: Licensing with Kate Stewart Aug 29, 2018

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Wherein we discuss open source licensing and how that relates to software packaging with Kate Stewart, of Linux Foundation and SPDX.

Special Guest: Kate Stewart.

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Episode 9: Typosquatting with Adam Baldwin Dec 11, 2017

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Wherein we discuss typosquatting and other security matters with Adam Baldwin, of Lift security and the Node Security Platform. We cover what kind of exploits people are trying, speculate about how blockchains may well be the answer, and unsuccessfully attempt to start a turf war between various package managers.

Special Guest: Adam Baldwin.

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Episode 8: Cargo and Crates.io with Carol (Nichols || Goulding) Nov 27, 2017

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Wherein we discuss Cargo (the Rust package manager) and Crates.io (the Rust package registry) with Carol (Nichols || Goulding). We talk about the Rust language, the history of the project, the features that make Cargo the envy of all the other package managers, and the sustainability of the project.

Special Guest: Carol (Nichols || Goulding).

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Episode 7: The Update Framework with Trishank Karthik Kuppusamy Nov 13, 2017

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Wherein we chat with Trishank Karthik Kuppusamy about The Update Framework, a security layer that lets package managers assure the veracity and integrity of their packages. We talk about how it grew out of the TOR Project, how it works, how Uptane is used for package management in cars (!), and what package maintainers can do to help their own security.

Special Guest: Trishank Karthik Kuppusamy.

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