February 2026: Two new packaging recipes added to bioconda/bioconda-recipes – apybiomart with asyncio compatibility improvements and markerrepo with marker list management and single-cell annotation. Implemented removal of an asyncio patch to streamline installation in environments without asyncio support. These changes reduce installation friction, extend workflow coverage for Biomart access and single-cell analysis, and lay groundwork for faster future releases.

January 2026 highlights for conda-forge/staged-recipes: delivered packaging enhancements for PPTReport and strengthened build reliability through platform-aware filtering. Implemented a new PPTReport recipe with dependencies, updated Python version constraints, improved documentation links, refined meta.yaml formatting, configured noarch builds, and simplified dependencies to broaden compatibility. Also fixed the build pipeline to skip non-Linux builds due to pymupdf compatibility and corrected platform selection to prevent invalid builds. These changes reduce installation friction, accelerate CI iteration, and improve packaging stability across environments.