It looks like the "allow_other_channels" option was removed (replaced by "whitelist_channels"?). However, there are still multiple places in the documentation that refer to and describe this feature, which is leads to confusion when one wonders why it's not working...

https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/configuration/use-condarc.html#allow-other-channels-allow-other-channels
https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/configuration/admin-multi-user-install.html#system-configuration-file

To Do

• Check if allow_other_channels and allowlist_channels are the same option (they aren't quite. allow_other_channels is a Boolean, while allowlist_channels is a list. allow_other_channels seems to have been completely removed from the .condarc, however)
• [ ] If so, add allow_other_channels to the alias list for allowlist_channels
• Update doc pages listed above