Hi everyone, The recommendations of the Lesson Setup Instructions Task Force were published earlier this week. The task force was established to review and update the software setup instructions we provide to learners before a workshop, for Bash, Git, Python, and R. The changes we recommend will have some impact on Instructors and it is important that you are aware of the changes that are coming.
I wrote a blog post to summarise the recommendations <https://carpentries.org/blog/2025/03/lesson-setup-instructions-task-force-recommendations/>, and you can also find the full text of the recommendations <https://github.com/carpentries/task-forces/blob/main/2024/lesson-setup/lsitf-recommendations.md> on the task-forces repository. The next step is to implement the recommendations: you can expect pull requests to update the setup instructions on the relevant repositories in the coming days. Please share your feedback on the recommendations — now and/or in the future when you have had a chance to test them out or have taught a workshop with learners using the new recommended setup. Thanks, Toby -- Dr Toby Hodges (he/him) Director of Curriculum The Carpentries | https://carpentries.org Schedule a meeting with me: https://calendly.com/tobyhodges ------------------------------------------ This list is for the purpose of general discussion about The Carpentries including community activities, upcoming events, and announcements. Some other lists you may also be interested in include discuss-hpc, discuss-r, and our local groups. Visit https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/ to learn more. All activity on this and other Carpentries spaces should abide by The Carpentries Code of Conduct found here: https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/policies/code-of-conduct.html The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tc315eb84e72a5558-M52e63265ec435e4a6cbcc65d Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
