Merge pull request #127 from mattip/sunsetting-conda-forge

add post about conda-forge sunsetting PyPY support

posts/2024/08/conda-forge-proposes-dropping-support-for-pypy.md

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+.. title: Conda-forge proposes sunsetting support for PyPy
+.. slug: conda-forge-proposes-dropping-support-for-pypy
+.. date: 2024-08-09 06:27:41 UTC
+.. tags: conda-forge
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+.. type: text
+.. author: mattip
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+Conda-forge has kindly been providing support for PyPy since 2019. The
+conda-forge team has been very patient and generous with resources, but it
+seems the uptake of PyPy has not justified the effort. Major packages still
+are not [available on PyPy](https://conda-forge.org/status/migration/?name=pypy38),
+others find it hard to [update
+versions](https:/conda-forge/numpy-feedstock/pull/310). We don't
+get much feedback at all about people using PyPy, and even less about PyPy on
+conda-forge. The conda-forge team has proposed [sunsetting
+PyPy](https:/conda-forge/conda-forge.github.io/pull/2259) going
+forward, which means current packages would remain but no new packages would be
+built. If you have an opinion, you can comment on that PR, or on this blog post.
+
+Since conda-forge supports PyPy3.9 but not PyPy3.10, we have continued
+releasing PyPy3.9 even though we typically support only one version of PyPy3.
+With the sunsetting proposal, we will not release any more updates to PyPy3.9.
+I opened a [poll](https:/orgs/pypy/discussions/4998) about the
+intention to drop PyPy3.9. If you have an opinion, please chime in.