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Backporting fixes to older releases on Conda Forge

Jan 28, 2026 4 minute read #open-source, #conda, #conda-forge, #python

Some quick notes on how to make a backport Conda Forge release.

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We recently had a security vulnerability in Dask which we patched in 2026.1.1 (see GHSA-c336-7962-wfj2 for more information on what happened).
Cleaning up conda environments

Aug 23, 2019 1 minute read #conda, #python, #hygine

Often when I’m developing or debugging in Python I end up creating throw away conda environments. They will be to test some package installation or combination of packages and once I’ve finished I will probably never use them again.

Backporting fixes to older releases on Conda Forge