Remove banner

[jonashaag]

I know this is a controversial proposal :-)

Related issues (some we have fixed already)

• Unable to not show banner when using mamba #2189
• Micromamba banner should go to stderr #1973
• option to disable wall of ascii art on every mamba command run. #984
• Ability to Remove Mamba Banner? #587
• Do not show mamba ASCII art banner when -q if -q is passed #2089
• Hide the splash screen #1397
• Ascii Art banner causes environment export issues #1156
• "--no-banner" doesn't work with "mamba env create" #514
• Mambaforge PyPy Windows Binary has crazy ASCII output.  #2255

[JohanMabille]

Shouldn't we fix the remaining bugs to guarantee that users can remove the banner if they want? Or even have it not displayed by default, but not entirely removed?

[jonashaag]

My take is that most users don't want the banner. Why would you want a banner?

[jonashaag]

@JohanMabille @AntoinePrv @Klaim @wolfv shall we remove the banners?

[AntoinePrv]

I have no objection to removing the banner. I'm already removing it in my condarc.

[Klaim]

I have no objection either.

[jonashaag]

Hi all, I'm going to merge this this week if I don't hear any further feedback :)

[AntoinePrv]

How about making the final call tomorrow (Tuesday June 20th 2023) during the mamba meeting?

[jonashaag]

I can't join tomorrow but feel free to make a decision :)

[JohanMabille]

Sorry for the late reply, I have no objection to removing the banner.

[corneliusroemer]

@jonashaag Just for clarification: Does this PR mean there's no more banner in any shape or form in neither mamba nor micromamba from 1.4.5 onwards? 🙏

I just spent 10 minutes figuring out how to remove the banner after switching to micromamba where my previous environment file solution didn't work anymore.

[jonashaag]

Yes!