Due to changes in Anaconda’s licensing terms, all users of any ECMWF Computing Platform must avoid using conda distributions from Anaconda such as Miniconda, as well as environments that rely on Anaconda’s default channels. We recommend the use of the community-driven conda-forge channel and Miniforge distribution to ensure compliance.
If you use conda at ECMWF, please review our migration documentation for step-by-step instructions on how to detect any environments which may be in breach of Anaconda's Terms of Service, and to migrate them to the suggested alternatives.
Make sure any environments or installations in breach of Anaconda's Terms of Service are addressed before the end of the year. Note that access to Anaconda's default channels may be blocked at that point.
On Atos HPCF or ECS you are encouraged to use tykky to containerise your conda environments to avoid potential performance issues, as described in the migration documentation.
We appreciate your efforts and cooperation in this matter.