Episodes

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

    Episode 16: Conda Forge, Mamba, and Packaging Con with Wolf Vollprecht
    Aug 16 2021
    Wherein we talk with Wolf Vollprecht about his work on Conda Forge and Mamba and the upcoming Packaging-Con (https://packaging-con.org/) 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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    36 mins
  • Episode 15: Packagist with Nils Adermann

    Episode 15: Packagist with Nils Adermann
    Nov 10 2019
    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.
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    56 mins
  • Episode 14: Debian and Reproducible Builds with Chris Lamb

    Episode 14: Debian and Reproducible Builds with Chris Lamb
    Nov 4 2019
    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.
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    57 mins
  • Episode 13: Conan with Diego Rodriguez-Losada

    Episode 13: Conan with Diego Rodriguez-Losada
    Feb 25 2019
    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 Note: This episode was recorded 9 months before it was published, so some details may be out of date.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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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Episode 12: Clojars with Daniel Compton

    Episode 12: Clojars with Daniel Compton
    Feb 4 2019
    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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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Episode 11: Spack with Todd Gamblin

    Episode 11: Spack with Todd Gamblin
    Jan 21 2019
    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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    57 mins
  • Episode 10: Licensing with Kate Stewart

    Episode 10: Licensing with Kate Stewart
    Aug 29 2018
    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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    56 mins
  • Episode 9: Typosquatting with Adam Baldwin

    Episode 9: Typosquatting with Adam Baldwin
    Dec 11 2017
    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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    51 mins