PackagingWG

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Packaging Working Group

The Packaging Working Group is a volunteer work group of the Python Software Foundation.

Agenda

The purpose of this working group is to support the larger efforts of improving and maintaining the packaging ecosystem in Python through fundraising (including a sponsorship program) and disbursement of raised funds. It largely focuses on efforts such as PyPI, pip, packaging.python.org, setuptools, and cross-project efforts.

Resources

  • Discussion: Slack and mailing list. The archives are set to private since there is voting.

  • Accounting: We rely on the PSF’s donation and accounting mechanisms to raise funds and disburse them to the selected recipients.

  • Project ideas: Fundable packaging improvements

Governance

Decisions on what fundraising and projects/efforts to support will be done by a simple majority and in the case of a tie, will escalate to the PSF Board. See the PSF Packaging WG Charter.

Administration and Contact

To contact the Packaging WG, email <packaging-wg@python.org>.

Members

  • Alyssa Coghlan

  • Ee Durbin

  • Thea Flowers

  • Nathaniel J. Smith

  • Tzu-ping Chung

  • Jannis Leidel

  • (others will be added as they accept their invitation to the WG)

Meetings

As needed.

Current Projects

Fundraising

The Packaging Working Group is seeking sponsorships and grants to raise funds for fundable packaging improvements.

Sprints

We run PackagingSprints at conventions and as standalone events. We’re open to companies and organizations hosting sprints and work weeks to help us move packaging forward; get in contact with a Working Group member.

PyPI Malware Reporting and Response project

The PSF has received funding from the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) to develop and improve the infrastructure for malware reporting and response on PyPI.

  • Summary: Develop an API that allows malware reporting and define the criteria for automated consensus based takedown and soft-deletes of packages

  • Schedule: One year

  • Meetings and Updates: See below.

Meetings and status updates:

Past projects

PyPI Organization Account

The Python Software Foundation, with the Packaging WG’s approval, funded a project to deploy organization account features in PyPI.

Meetings and status updates:

Warehouse: Facebook gift

The Packaging Working Group applied for and is receiving a gift from Facebook to implement & deploy security features for Warehouse (PyPI’s codebase).

Meetings and status updates:

Dependency resolver and user experience improvements for pip

The Packaging Working Group applied for and is receiving funding to work in 2020 on the design, implementation, and rollout of pip’s next-generation dependency resolver. The donors funding this work are the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (USD$200,000) and Mozilla Open Source Support (USD$207,000).

Meetings and status updates:

Warehouse: OTF grant

The Packaging Working Group applied for and received a performance-based contract (like a grant) from the Open Technology Fund to implement & deploy security, localization, and accessibility improvements for Warehouse (PyPI’s codebase).

Meetings and status updates from the OTF grant-funded project:

Warehouse rollout

The Packaging Working Group supported the implementation & deployment of Warehouse (PyPI 2.0) to replace the legacy code base that powered legacy PyPI. Announced on PSF blog in January 2016; see its history in this April 2018 LWN article.

Meetings and status updates from the MOSS-funded project: