Release Conda package from PyPI

To add the PyPI package to conda distribution (conda-forge), you need to follow the following method,

1. Fork the staged-recipes repository

2. Create configuration files

After creating the fork in your GitHub, first step is to clone your fork,

git clone https://github.com/iamtekson/staged-recipes.git

Please replace the git clone URL.

Now, add the LICENSE and meta.yaml file inside recipes/yourPackageName folder.

Below is the example of MIT license file,

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2020, Tek Kshetri

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

Inside meta.yaml file, you need to write your package configuration. The easiest way is to copy the file from example > meta.yaml file and edit it. Here is the example of geoserver-rest package,

{% set name = 'geoserver-rest' %}
{% set version = '0.1.0' %}
package:
  name: {{ name|lower }}
  version: {{ version }}

source:
  url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/{{ name[0] }}/{{ name }}/{{ name }}-{{ version }}.tar.gz
  sha256: 625327b23ee2ee77e839272b04d0b6e81b7dc98e0713e4e23d003a1bf2461551

build:
  noarch: python
  number: 0
  script: "{{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . -vv"

requirements:
  host:
    - python >=3.6
    - pip

  run:
    - python >=3.6
    - pip
    - gdal
    - seaborn
    - pycurl
    - psycopg2

test:
  imports:
    - geo
  commands:
    - pip check
  requires:
    - pip

about:
  home: https://github.com/gicait/geoserver-rest
  license: MIT
  license_file: LICENSE
  summary: "The package for management of geospatial data in GeoServer."
  description: |
    The geoserver-rest package is useful for the management for geospatial data in GeoServer. The package is useful for the creating, updating and deleting geoserver workspaces, stores, layers, and style files.
  dev_url: https://github.com/gicait/geoserver-rest

extra:
  recipe-maintainers:
    - iamtekson

3. Submit the pull request

This is the final step. Now you have to create the new branch, push code to your fork and submit the pull request. Below is the code for creating new branch and push code,

git branch myPackageName
git checkout myPackageName

git add .
git commit -m "added myPackageName to conda-forge"
git push --set-upstream origin myPackageName

Now, check your GitHub account and submit the pull request. After submitting the pull request, some of the test functions (GitHub actions) will automatically run and you will notify if there is any mistake.

If your pull request merged, that means your package can be install using conda distribution as well. You can check the package availability by using conda installation as below,

conda install -c conda-forge myPackageName

Check this pull request for your reference: https://github.com/conda-forge/staged-recipes/pull/14143

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