Status of Go version?

[maresb]

I notice in the src/golang/cmd directory that there seems to be a version of ensureconda written in Go, but unchanged over the last two years. It's not mentioned in README.md, and I'm curious what is the status.

Random thought: I'm intrigued by the possibility of a version of condax with no Python dependency, in the spirit of micromamba.

[mariusvniekerk]

The go version works fine. Since the actual scope for the library is very small the go codebase very rarely needs to change.

A condax that is written in go and basically vendors in micromamba/ generates it locally using ensureconda would be pretty neat.

[maresb]

Thanks for the info!

Regarding the Python-free condax, there is some very preliminary discussion in these two links:
mamba-org/mamba#1707
https://github.com/maresb/mambax

I'd love to get your input if you get the chance.

In particular I'm wondering about Go vs Bash as a language choice... I hate Bash but I haven't written anything yet with Go. 😆 Also I have no idea how complicated it is these days to install Bash on Windows, and it'd be a shame to commit to Bash and to exclude everyone stuck on win. So perhaps the Go version of ensureconda could be a starting point?

[mariusvniekerk]

I would recommend doing that in Go, the deployment story is so much cleaner.