Create conda package

[zzhengnan]

@mhallsmoore Hi Michael. Would there be interest in creating a conda package for qstrader to serve as an alternative method of installation besides pip?

The robustness of conda's dependency management could help with installation issues faced especially by Windows users, which is emerging as a theme based on a cursory look at the issue log.

Separately, the fact that you are already recommending the Anaconda distro in the setup means there's no additional tooling needed on the user's end in order to install a conda package.

The simplest approach is to download a self-contained scientific Python distribution such as the Anaconda Individual Edition

Curious to hear what you think. Thanks!

[mhallsmoore]

Hi @zzhengnan,

Thank you for your suggestion of creating a conda package. I imagine there would be a lot of interest in this, since, as you mention I do recommend Anaconda as the most straightforward way to get started!

I have to admit I've not built a conda package myself before previously, so would need to look up the process.

Cheers,

-Mike.

[zzhengnan]

Thanks for the reply, Michael. If you are open to it, I'm more than happy to help contribute to this feature. Let me know.

[zzhengnan]

Hope you don't mind, but I got the process started conda-forge/staged-recipes#13843.

References:

• https://conda-forge.org/#add_recipe
• Add recipe for iscan conda-forge/staged-recipes#12291, which is the conda recipe for one of my own projects

[zzhengnan]

Now that conda-forge/staged-recipes#13843 has been merged and the resulting conda package created, I opened #359 to update the installation instructions.

[mhallsmoore]

Hi @zzhengnan,

Apologies for the delay in getting back to you about this.

Thank you very much for taking the time to package up QSTrader into a conda package!

I've now merged the README.md PR.

Cheers,

-Mike.

[zzhengnan]

No problem at all. Glad to help :)