To start answering my own question, I searched for “conda” in the search box of the Python Packaging User Guide to get a sense of how much conda is being publicized in PyPA’s own docs. I found the following four references:
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The top-level overview page called “An Overview of Packaging for Python” has a section called “Packaging Python applications.” This section has a sub-section called “Depending on a separate software distribution ecosystem” that discusses the Anaconda ecosystem (as compared with, say, Homebrew). This section also includes links to conda tutorials on conda’s own conda.io website (though I tried the two links and both links are broken).
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The top-level “Project Summaries” page has an entry for conda under “Non-PyPA Projects.”
Conda is also discussed in two of the “Guides”:
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The “Tool recommendations” guide has a section called “Installation tool recommendations” that includes the following language–
If you’re looking for management of fully integrated cross-platform software stacks, consider:
- buildout: primarily focused on the web development community
- Spack, Hashdist, or conda: primarily focused on the scientific community.
The reference to “conda” links to the “Project Summaries” entry for conda I mentioned above.
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The “Installing scientific packages” guide has a section dedicated to conda called “The conda cross-platform package manager”. It gives an overview of Anaconda and conda.