Departing the Python Software Foundation (Staff)
This week will be my last as the Director of Infrastructure at the Python Software Foundation and my last week as a staff member. Supporting the mission of t...
Open Infrastructure is Not Free: PyPI, the Python Software Foundation, and Sustainability
In September, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) co-signed the Open Infrastructure is Not Free: A Joint Statement on Sustainable Stewardship Letter publish...
pypistats.org is now operated by the Python Software Foundation
For a little over six years pypistats.org has been maintained and operated by Christopher Flynn on a volunteer basis. After a recent extended outage made cle...
A thank you to the Oregon State University Open Source Lab
The Python Software Foundation has had infrastructure hosted with the Oregon State University Open Source Lab (OSUOSL) since 2012. For many years our core in...
Announcing Our New PyPI Support Specialist!
We are thrilled to announce that our first-ever search for a dedicated PyPI Support Specialist has concluded with the hire of Maria Ashna, the newest member ...
Announcing Our New Infrastructure Engineer
We are excited to announce that Jacob Coffee has joined the Python Software Foundation staff as an Infrastructure Engineer bringing his experience as an Open...
Welcome Chloe Gerhardson to the PSF staff!
With great anticipation and excitement we are happy to announce that Chloe Gerhardson (she/her) has joined the Python Software Foundation (PSF) as of Monday ...
We are hiring to expand our Infrastructure staff!
On behalf of the Python Software Foundation, and with much excitement as the hiring manager, I am elated to announce that we are hiring for a full-time posit...
Shamika Mohanan has joined the PSF as Packaging Project Manager
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is excited to welcome Shamika Mohanan as our new Packaging Project Manager! You can learn specifics about the role in ou...
The PSF is hiring a Python Packaging Project Manager!
Thanks to a two-year grant commitment from Bloomberg, our second 2021 Visionary Sponsor and a long term committed supporter of the Python ecosystem, The Pyth...
PyPI receives AWS credits for open source projects
The support provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to the Python Software Foundation has been a core part of operating The Python Package Index since it was r...
Key generation and signing ceremony for PyPI
On Friday October 30th at 11:15 AM EDT the Python Software Foundation will be live streaming a remote key generation and signing ceremony to bootstrap The Up...
2020 Python Software Foundation Board of Directors Election Retrospective and Next Steps
With the 2020 Board of Directors Election Results announced, a new class of directors will officially be joining June 30th! In light of the results and narro...
2020 Python Software Foundation Board of Directors Election Results
The 2020 Python Software Foundation Board of Directors election has concluded. Of 1,151 eligible voting members, 462 ballots were cast. This surpasses the ne...
An Update on PyPI Funded Work
Originally announced at the end of 2018, a gift from Facebook Research is funding improvements for the security PyPI and its users. What's been done After la...
Seeking Developers for Paid Contract Improving pip
The Python Software Foundation Packaging Working Group is receiving funding to work on the design, implementation, and rollout of pip's next-generation depen...
PyPI Security Q4 2019 Request for Proposals period opens.
The Python Software Foundation Packaging Working Group has received a grant from Facebook Research to implement advanced security features for PyPI. These fe...
PyPI Security Q4 2019 Request for Information period opens.
The Python Software Foundation Packaging Working Group has received funding from Facebook research to develop and deploy of enhanced security features to PyP...
PyPI Now Supports Two-Factor Login via WebAuthn
To further increase the security of Python package downloads, we're adding a new beta feature to the Python Package Index: WebAuthn support for U2F compatibl...
Use two-factor auth to improve your PyPI account's security
To increase the security of Python package downloads, we're beginning to introduce two-factor authentication (2FA) as a login security option on the Python P...
Commencing Security, Accessibility, and Internationalization Improvements to PyPI for 2019
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) and PSF Packaging Working Group are excited to announce that the first round of slated improvements to PyPI for 2019 are...
Upcoming PyPI Improvements for 2019
The Python Package Index (PyPI) is far and away the largest and most visible service that the Python Software Foundation (PSF) supports for the Python commun...
PyPI Security and Accessibility Q1 2019 Request for Proposals Update
Earlier this year we launched a Request for Information (RFI) followed by the launch of a Request for Proposals (RFP) in November to fulfill a contract for t...
PyPI Security and Accessibility Q1 2019 Request for Proposals period opens.
The Python Software Foundation Packaging Working Group has applied for and received a commitment from the Open Technology Fund to fulfill a contract via thei...
PyPI Security and Accessibility Q1 2019 Request for Information period opens.
The Python Software Foundation Packaging Working Group has applied for and received a commitment from the Open Technology Fund to fulfill a contract for thei...
PyCon 2019 - Call for Sponsors
It seems like PyCon 2018 was just last week, but the 2019 edition will be here before we know it. We want to say thanks to all our sponsors who helped make t...