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Docs: eidolon is not on Bioconda yet; point installs at release binaries - #849

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conda install -c bioconda eidolon finds nothing:

  • The add-recipe PR, bioconda-recipes#67420, has been open since 2026-07-22. All its checks pass and it has the review label, but no reviewer has picked it up. It was still at 2.0.0.
  • The only package Bioconda carries is rneat 1.20.1, from July.
  • Every eidolon release since then updated only the in-repo conda-recipe/, which publishes nothing.

#67420 has now been updated to 4.0.0 and a review requested. Bioconda's own autobump PR (#67297, "Update rneat to 2.0.0") has a note asking the maintainers to close it.

Changes

  • README: the Install section leads with the release binary and says the Bioconda package is pending, with a link to #67420.
  • installation.md: two routes today, a release binary or building from source. The Bioconda section moves below them, marked not yet available, and warns against the frozen rneat package.
  • Comparison page and ONBOARDING.md: the conda install lines are replaced.
  • Release skill: after the sha256 step, check Bioconda (api.anaconda.org plus open bioconda-recipes PRs) and update or chase the recipe there. The report step now includes where Bioconda stands. Per the decision, this is a "don't forget" step, not a release gate.

When #67420 merges, restore the conda install lines (README, installation, comparison, ONBOARDING).

Verified

  • check_book.py summary reports 0 missing entries, and check_book.py built reports 0 broken links across 36 pages.
  • The mdbook build shows no ERROR or WARN lines.

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The README, installation page, comparison page and ONBOARDING advertised
`conda install -c bioconda eidolon`, which finds nothing: the add-recipe PR
(bioconda-recipes#67420) has been awaiting review since July, and Bioconda
carries only `rneat` 1.20.1. Install instructions now lead with the release
binaries and say the Bioconda package is pending.

The release skill gains a Bioconda check after the sha256 step, and the
report step names where Bioconda stands. Updating the in-repo recipe
publishes nothing, which is how this went unnoticed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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