Lock repodata cache by default

[dholth]

Description

TODO figure out what to do with --experimental=lock. The intention would be to keep all --experimental= options forever to not break configs as unknown ones create errors in the argument parser, but it might not be necessary to retain them in the command line help.

Fix #12920

Checklist - did you ...

• Add a file to the news directory (using the template) for the next release's release notes?
• Add / update necessary tests?
• Add / update outdated documentation?

[dholth]

Was hoping to just merge this control with likely future per file package locks.

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On Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 7:20 PM Jannis Leidel ***@***.***> wrote: ***@***.**** commented on this pull request. ------------------------------ In conda/cli/conda_argparse.py <#12996 (comment)>: > @@ -1845,7 +1845,12 @@ def add_parser_channels(p): action="append", choices=["jlap", "lock"], help="jlap: Download incremental package index data from repodata.jlap; implies 'lock'. " - "lock: use locking when reading, updating index (repodata.json) cache. ", + "lock: use locking when reading, updating index (repodata.json) cache. Now enabled.", + ) + channel_customization_options.add_argument( + "--no-lock", Since this is a lock for the repodata handling, I wonder if something more specific be more appropriate like ⬇️ Suggested change - "--no-lock", + "--no-lock-repodata", or ⬇️ Suggested change - "--no-lock", + "--no-repodata-lock", This might prevent any conflict in case we add other locking in the future.. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#12996 (review)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AABSZEXA5EUU45MO2QYB3BTXVVITBANCNFSM6AAAAAA3NI2KZY> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[jezdez]

Was hoping to just merge this control with likely future per file package locks.
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Ah, gotcha, thanks for elaborating, works for me.