Given that the current git-annex release fails the DataLad test suite (due to ?annex init no longer generates default description ?), I'm a bit wary of making it the default release on conda-forge. Would it be possible to make a bug-fix release? Thanks!
Yes, that bugs seems to be responsible for the failures. FWIW the corresponding DataLad issue is https://github.com/datalad/datalad/issues/3472.