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 # Noarch variant packages for Python packages on conda-forge
 
+We introduce noarch variants for python packages on conda-forge
+that have compiled extensions but with pure python reference
+implementations to make life easier for early adoopters of
+new python variants.
+
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+
 conda-forge packages have always been batteries included. When
 a package has some build options turned off by default to reduce
 dependencies, we have enabled these options to give the most