{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda/issues/1865","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda/issues/1865/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda/issues/1865/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda/issues/1865/events","html_url":"https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/1865","id":118988107,"number":1865,"title":"Fallback procedure to add to conda's repertoire ","user":{"login":"rsvp","id":74293,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/74293?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsvp","html_url":"https://github.com/rsvp","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsvp/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsvp/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsvp/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsvp/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsvp/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsvp/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsvp/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsvp/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsvp/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2015-11-26T07:21:03Z","updated_at":"2015-12-01T01:13:06Z","closed_at":null,"body":"If a package is pip-installable, why would it be unavailable on conda? For example: **boto3** which is slowly replacing *boto* heavily used for Amazon AWS. \r\n\r\nCurrently conda suggests a search on anaconda.org -- however, to use an offered package from a random user poses security risk for code such as boto3 which transmits credentials. \r\n\r\nWhat would the difficulty be in having conda call pip internally for package installation, so that the client does not have to set up a virtualenv environment. Also it is not clear whether one should use pip within a conda environment without breaking its infrastructure. \r\n\r\nOnce explained, I would be most happy to update the documentation, or modify the exception case when a package is not within conda's reach. This must be a frustration or FAQ for many."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda/issues/comments/160814796","html_url":"https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/1865#issuecomment-160814796","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda/issues/1865","id":160814796,"user":{"login":"frol","id":304265,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/304265?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/frol","html_url":"https://github.com/frol","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/frol/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/frol/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/frol/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/frol/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/frol/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/frol/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/frol/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/frol/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/frol/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-12-01T01:13:06Z","updated_at":"2015-12-01T01:13:06Z","body":"@rsvp From my understanding, the most close to the official packages repo is [conda-recipes github repo](https://github.com/conda/conda-recipes). I do pull-requests there (e.g. [PR #399](https://github.com/conda/conda-recipes/pull/399), [PR #490](https://github.com/conda/conda-recipes/pull/490)), but even a merged package doesn't automatically go into anaconda.org official repo. You may ask somebody there, so they add it to the 'magic list'."}}