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If Panda was only used as a Python engine, then I would be all for dropping the other SDK installers. However, it is also a C++ engine, so we need workflows that work for C++ projects as well.

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apt repo

"There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it."

I think the official instructions for not-builds are "use pip"? Sunsetting other methods of installing seems like a good idea to me.

Automated process for release notes?

This is just me brainstorming, but can't commit messages be used for this?

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I appreciate the call for discussion and I think the list so far is probably a good start. I'm not sure how complex getting a GitHub Actions pipeline triggered would be for the entire variety of items mentioned IE Wheels, but I imagine it is possible given a reasonable time frame.

With regard to bringing third-party scripts into the main repo, I agree and would like to see this happen. I'm not sure what the impact of this addition might be with regard to hosting size wise.

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For the release notes that could be a community member that writes them after the release is completed.

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