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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 this organization with my labor has been unbelievable in retrospect and I am filled with gratitude to every member of this community, volunteer, sponsor, board member, and staff member of this organization who have worked alongside me and entrusted me with root@python.org for all this time. But, it is time for me to do something new.
PEP 8107 – 2026 Term Steering Council election | peps.python.org
Create a new election. Poll or Election?: Election Title?: 2026 Python Steering Council Election Restricted?: Yes Contact Email: psf-election@python.org Choose Voters: Email List This will initialize the election and you will be forwarded to the election admin page. Further configuration is required. Click the pencil icon next to the election name on the admin. Election Description: Election for the Python steering council, as specified in PEP 13.
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 clear the importance of this service to the Python community, and in coordination with Christopher, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) has adopted the project into our GitHub organization and migrated the service to run from our infrastructure. So what has changed?
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 infrastructure was hosted there, and to this day the host our x86 benchmark server for CPython that feeds speed.python.org.
PEP 8106 – 2025 Term Steering Council election | peps.python.org
Short name: 2025-python-steering-council Name: 2025 Python Steering Council Election Description: Election for the Python steering council, as specified in PEP 13. This is steering council election for the 2025 term.
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 Source maintainer, dedicated homelab maintainer, and professional systems administrator to the team. Jacob will be the second member of our Infrastructure staff, reporting to Director of Infrastructure, Ee Durbin.
Enforcement of 2FA for upload.pypi.org begins today Original
by: Ee Durbin · 2023-06-01 Beginning today, all uploads from user accounts with 2FA enabled will be required to use an API Token or Trusted Publisher configuration in place of their password. This change has been planned since 2FA was rolled out in 2019. In February of 2022 we began notifying users on upload that this change was coming.
PyPI was subpoenaed
by: Ee Durbin · 2023-05-24 In March and April 2023, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) received three (3) subpoenas for PyPI user data. All three subpoenas were issued by the United States Department of Justice. The PSF was not provided with context on the legal circumstances surrounding these subpoenas. In total, user data related to five (5) PyPI usernames were requested.
Announcing the PyPI Safety & Security Engineer role
by: Ee Durbin · 2023-05-09 00:00 We are pleased to announce Amazon Web Services (AWS) as the inaugural Security Sponsor for PyPI, investing $144,000 over one year to fund key enhancements to PyPI infrastructure and operations, including the creation of a new “PyPI Safety & Security Engineer” role.
Introducing PyPI Organizations
by: Ee Durbin · 2023-4-23 00:00 Today, we are rolling out the first step in our plan to build financial support and long-term sustainability of the Python Packaging Index (PyPI), while simultaneously giving our users one of our most requested features: organization accounts. Introducing Organizations Organizations on PyPI are self-managed teams, with their own exclusive branded web addresses.
Welcome to the PyPI Blog
by: Ee Durbin · 2023-03-21 #meta #welcome #blogs-about-blogs Today, we're excited to launch blog.pypi.org, the official blog of the Python Package Index. One of the most common refrains I hear from Python community members, irrespective of if they have been around for days or years, is "I didn't realize that PyPI...".
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 May 23, 2022. Chloe joins the team as Infrastructure Engineer, led by PSF Director of Infrastructure Ee Durbin.
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 position to double the PSF staff dedicated to our Infrastructure... from one to two. The job listing is live on the python.org, and you can find details about the position there. But I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about what fulfilling it will mean for the PSF as an organization and the Python community at large.
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 our post announcing the position. Recognizing that the success of the Python language and community relies on the success of its packaging ecosystem, the PSF is excited for the Packaging Project Manager role to facilitate, coordinate, and amplify the existing momentum in this space.
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 Python Software Foundation (PSF) is hiring a full-time project and community manager for the Python Packaging ecosystem, with a specific focus on the Python Package Index (PyPI).
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