diff --git a/docs/maintainer/adding_pkgs.md b/docs/maintainer/adding_pkgs.md index 059200a6c6..cd4809b94c 100644 --- a/docs/maintainer/adding_pkgs.md +++ b/docs/maintainer/adding_pkgs.md @@ -208,12 +208,18 @@ If you would like to add more than one related packages, they can be added to staged-recipes in a single pull request (in separate directories). If the packages are interdependent (i.e. one package being added lists one or more of the other packages being added as a requirement), the build script will be able to -locate the dependencies that are only present within staged-recipes as long as +locate the dependencies that are only present within `staged-recipes` as long as the builds finish in the dependencies order. Using a single pull request allows you to quickly get packages set up without waiting for each package in a dependency chain to be reviewed, built, and added to the `conda-forge` channel before starting the process over with the next recipe in the chain. +:::warning +Due to a [bug](https://github.com/conda-forge/staged-recipes/issues/6167) in the script that builds +the packages on staged-recipes pull-requests, some complex multi-package pull requests will fail. +If this happens, it is recommended to split the single pull request into multiple ones. +::: + :::note When PRs with multiple interdependent recipes are merged,