How can we identify WSL (windows subsystem for linux)

[hmaarrfk]

Your question:

I've seen most recently a few error reports with people trying to use GPU packages with Windows Subsystem for Linux.

• Confirmed: torch.compile not working pytorch-cpu-feedstock#317
• Likely: tensorflow-gpu 2.17.0 Could not find GPU tensorflow-feedstock#410

Basically, we are already pretty thin on maintainers that daily drive windows conda-forge/miniforge#599

it would be good if similar to ubuntu wsl would appear somewhere in the conda info

Though I'm not sure where it comes from.

[beckermr]

Those are virtual packages. We'd need a pr to conda to add a new one.

[beckermr]

Because the there is no plugin architecture across all our tools, we'd likely need prs against mamba, micro mamba and rattler too.

[beckermr]

There is also this cep. conda/ceps#78

That'd a vote plus getting tools to interface with it.