Anaconda package webpage and API show random incorrect versions
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Description
The feedstock for e.g. `r-sf` has version `r-sf v1.0_19` https://github.com/conda-forge/r-sf-feedstock/
However the [r-sf anaconda homepage](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/r-sf) shows 0.7_3 which is a version from many years ago. Even worse, further down on this same page, the "platform installers" show different versions every time you refresh the page!
The API https://api.anaconda.org/package/conda-forge/r-sf has yet other, also incorrect version numbers, but at least they don't seem to change every second:
```json
"latest_version": "1.0_4",
"platforms": {
"linux-64": "1.0_4",
"linux-aarch64": "1.0_4",
"linux-ppc64le": "1.0_4",
"osx-64": "1.0_4",
"osx-arm64": "1.0_17",
"win-64": "1.0_4"
}
```
Could it be there are many old versions of this package lingering around in the database, that somehow get precedence over newer releases?
The same happens for e.g. this package: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/r-terra
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the inconsistent versions for conda-forge/r-sf and conda-forge/r-terra on the Anaconda package pages and API, then compare them with the feedstock versions. Done means the webpage, platform installers, and API consistently report the current package versions instead of differing or changing on refresh.
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Assessment
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100