Deprecate conda private environment (conda#12101)

conda/base/context.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from logging import getLogger
 from typing import Optional
 import os
-from os.path import abspath, basename, expanduser, isdir, isfile, join, split as path_split
+from os.path import abspath, expanduser, isdir, isfile, join, split as path_split
 import platform
 import sys
 import struct
@@ -475,7 +475,13 @@ def arch_name(self):
 
     @property
     def conda_private(self):
-        return conda_in_private_env()
+        warnings.warn(
+            "`conda.base.context.context.conda_private` is pending deprecation and will be "
+            "removed in a future release. It's meaningless and any special meaning it may have "
+            "held is now void.",
+            PendingDeprecationWarning,
+        )
+        return False
 
     @property
     def platform(self):
@@ -629,8 +635,6 @@ def target_prefix(self):
     def root_prefix(self):
         if self._root_prefix:
             return abspath(expanduser(self._root_prefix))
-        elif conda_in_private_env():
-            return abspath(join(self.conda_prefix, '..', '..'))
         else:
             return self.conda_prefix
 
@@ -1612,12 +1616,6 @@ def description_map(self):
         )
 
 
-def conda_in_private_env():
-    # conda is located in its own private environment named '_conda_'
-    envs_dir, env_name = path_split(sys.prefix)
-    return env_name == '_conda_' and basename(envs_dir) == 'envs'
-
-
 def reset_context(search_path=SEARCH_PATH, argparse_args=None):
     global context
     context.__init__(search_path, argparse_args)

conda/cli/main_info.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 from .common import print_envs_list, stdout_json
 from .. import CONDA_PACKAGE_ROOT, __version__ as conda_version
-from ..base.context import conda_in_private_env, context, env_name, sys_rc_path, user_rc_path
+from ..base.context import context, env_name, sys_rc_path, user_rc_path
 from ..common.compat import on_win
 from ..common.url import mask_anaconda_token
 from ..core.index import _supplement_index_with_system
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ def get_info_dict(system=False):
         conda_build_version=conda_build_version,
         root_prefix=context.root_prefix,
         conda_prefix=context.conda_prefix,
-        conda_private=conda_in_private_env(),
         av_data_dir=context.av_data_dir,
         av_metadata_url_base=context.signing_metadata_url_base,
         root_writable=context.root_writable,

conda/exports.py

@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
 root_dir = conda.base.context.context.root_prefix
 root_writable = conda.base.context.context.root_writable
 subdir = conda.base.context.context.subdir
-conda_private = conda.base.context.context.conda_private
 conda_build = conda.base.context.context.conda_build
 
 from .models.channel import get_conda_build_local_url  # NOQA