The Manifest

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

August 16th, 2021  |  35 mins 45 secs

conda, mamba, packaging-con, python, scienfic computing

Wherein we talk with Wolf Vollprecht about his work on Conda Forge and Mamba and the upcoming Packaging-Con event that he's organizing.

Episode 15: Packagist with Nils Adermann

November 10th, 2019  |  56 mins 13 secs

composer, package management, packagist, php

Wherein Alex talks with Nils Adermann, the co-founder of Packagist and co-creator of Composer, about package management in PHP.

Episode 14: Debian and Reproducible Builds with Chris Lamb

November 4th, 2019  |  56 mins 37 secs

debian, linux, package management, reproducible builds

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.

Episode 13: Conan with Diego Rodriguez-Losada

February 25th, 2019  |  1 hr 9 mins

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Note: This episode was recorded 9 months before it was published, so some details may be out of date.

Episode 12: Clojars with Daniel Compton

February 4th, 2019  |  1 hr 4 mins

Wherein we discuss Clojars, the clojure package manager registry and it's relationship to Maven with Daniel Compton.

Episode 11: Spack with Todd Gamblin

January 21st, 2019  |  56 mins 37 secs

hpc, python, spack, system package management

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.

Episode 10: Licensing with Kate Stewart

August 29th, 2018  |  56 mins 25 secs

licensing, linux, spdx

Wherein we discuss open source licensing and how that relates to software packaging with Kate Stewart, of Linux Foundation and SPDX.

Episode 9: Typosquatting with Adam Baldwin

December 11th, 2017  |  50 mins 30 secs

application package management, javascript, npm, security

Wherein we discuss typosquatting and other security matters with Adam Baldwin, of Lift security and the Node Security Platform.

Episode 8: Cargo and Crates.io with Carol (Nichols || Goulding)

November 27th, 2017  |  58 mins 28 secs

application package management, programming, rust

Wherein we discuss Cargo (the Rust package manager) and Crates.io (the Rust package registry) with Carol (Nichols || Goulding).

Episode 7: The Update Framework with Trishank Karthik Kuppusamy

November 13th, 2017  |  57 mins 5 secs

infrastructure, the update framework, tor

Wherein we chat with Trishank Karthik Kuppusamy about The Update Framework, a security layer that lets package managers assure the veracity and integrity of their packages.

Episode 6: Maven with Brian Fox

October 30th, 2017  |  1 hr 8 mins

application package management, java, maven

Wherein we chat with Brian Fox about all things Maven. We hear the history of Maven Central, war stories, and discuss planning for the future of Maven and Java 9.

Episode 5: Pub with Natalie Weizenbaum

October 16th, 2017  |  48 mins 8 secs

Wherein we discuss Dart and Pub with Natalie Weizenbaum. We discuss how Dart and Pub are being used and developed within Google and a potential new algorithm for more user friendly dependency resolution error messages.

Episode 4: Go dep with Sam Boyer

October 2nd, 2017  |  53 mins 33 secs

application package management, dep, go

Wherein we discuss Go and Dep with Sam Boyer. We discuss how he led the improvements to package management for the Go ecosystem and went deep on satisfiability and how it relates to dependency resolution.

Episode 3: Rubygems with André Arko

September 18th, 2017  |  54 mins 56 secs

application package management, bundler, ruby, rubygems

Wherein we discuss Rubygems and Bundler with André Arko. We discuss how he became the lead maintainer of Rubygems and Bundler, and what lead him to set up Ruby Together.

Episode 2: CocoaPods with Orta Therox

September 4th, 2017  |  53 mins 49 secs

application package management, cocoapods, macos

Wherein we discuss CocoaPods, a package manager for macOS/iOS development, with lead maintainer Orta Therox. We discuss how he got started contributing to Cocoapods, the arrival of Swift Package Manager and Orta's latest project, Danger.

Episode 1: Homebrew with Mike McQuaid

August 16th, 2017  |  54 mins 52 secs

homebrew, macos, system package management

Wherein we chat with Mike McQuaid, the lead maintainer of Homebrew. We discuss how he got started contributing to Homebrew, its differences from Macports, using GitHub as a database, patching upstream, and more.