Jerry Wiltse

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Conan 2 Essentials and Advanced Training Now Complete on JFrog Academy blog.conan.io/2026/02/03/Con…

A "emsdk" recipe for emscripten is now available in the toolchains Github repo: github.com/conan-io/conan…

Conan 2.23 is out! - New "conan run" to run executables within venvs - Support latest VS 2026, OSX 26.1 - Improved "conan report diff" - Workspaces learned to gather info from packages - conan install/create can generate .json on fail And more! See docs.conan.io/2/changelog.ht…

C and C++ compiler sanitizers are security important tools Check the new doc: docs.conan.io/2/security/san… - sanitizers available in different compilers - how they affect binaries - how they can be combined - compiler flags in gcc, clang, msvc - how to build dependencies sanitized

Conan 2.20 is out! - Lots of improvements to Workspaces, including dynamic CMakeLists.txt addition - Stabilize and document some parts of the Python API - system_package_tool support for versions and architectures - removed Python 3.6 support Check full docs.conan.io/2/changelog.ht…

Conan 2.18 is out! - New "conan report diff" to check changes in recipes and sources - New WebAssembly/Emscripten built-in support - Improvements in Workspaces - SBOM /lockfiles support in "conan audit" - CMakeConfigDeps support for "source-targets" - New PremakeToolchain

New Free Hands-On Video Course: Conan 2 Essentials blog.conan.io/2025/07/14/New…

@zsmb13 @joreilly Please say it will be a zero-dependency single file binary for each platform.

People have been asking for the Git client from IntelliJ to be available as a standalone app for almost a decade. You can now get it in early access - see the link below for details! lp.jetbrains.com/closed-preview…

The "Laso scholarship" is out! conan.io/laso - 1 year tuition for a STEM university student - Candidates from Spanish public universities - Open source contributions will be evaluated Apply for it before 30th June!

Conan 2.11 is out early this month! - tools.env.virtualenv:powershell=pwsh to allow latest powershell - Improvements in AutotoolsToolchain for Android - Profiles can import with Jinja from the Conan cache too And some fixes, check the changelog & update: docs.conan.io/2/changelog.ht…

Common Package Specification (CPS) in Practice: A Full Round Trip Implementation in Conan C++ Package Manager - by @diegorlosada - CppCon 2024 youtu.be/pFQHQEm98Ho #Coding #Cplusplus #Cpp #Programming #cppcon

Learn about the new "finalize()" method in Conan, a way of allowing users to customize packages locally while preserving their immutability in the Conan cache Read the new blog post: blog.conan.io/2024/09/03/New…

Conan 2.4 is out and it is big: - New "vendor" feature to fully vendor dependencies - New "compiler.cstd" setting for C. Definition of 'languages = "C", "C+*"' - "tools.cmake.cmaketoolchain:extra_variables" to inject CMake vars from profiles - Bazel 7 support And many more!

The isocpp.org 2024 Annual C++ Developer Survey is now open. Please fill it out. It's useful to get a sense of what portion of C++ developers use CMake, exceptions, Rust, etc. surveymonkey.com/r/isocpp-2024

When @conan_io emergency plan comes in perfectly. Backup sources are must for enterprise users. The XZUtils fiasco is a perfect example. reddit.com/r/cpp/s/D2PoDr…

Conan 2.2 new features. This release is big, a short thread

Conan 2 new features: replacing dependencies with system requirements and API compatible dependencies - Use system packages instead of Conan deps - Replace deps with API compatible ones (like zlib -> zlib-ng) - Explain missing binary "conan graph explain" blog.conan.io/2024/02/20/Con…

Conan 2.1 is out, and it is a big release that starts the stable 2.X release train with dozens of new demanded features, UX improvements, PythonAPI docs started, speed-ups, and many more. Read the changelog for more details: docs.conan.io/2/changelog.ht…

Conan 1.63 is out with some minor fixes, small features and backports to help with the migration to Conan 2.0. Please check the changelog and update: docs.conan.io/1/changelog.ht…