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Replying to @EWDurbin
I don’t want to be a downer, but sometimes these big symbolic gestures worry me. What happens when they run out? We need is a way to make it normal for 1000s of companies to each put in $100/mo; sometimes I feel like big donations make everyone else feel like it’s taken care of.
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Replying to @glyph
absolutely agree glyph. the sustainability of PyPI and PSF infrastructure as a whole can't be dependent on the grants like this long term. (it took a handful of people ~17 months total to close this grant, not that i'm saying that's unreasonable)
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however, this grant isn't at all intended to send the signal of "all clear" and those of us involved certainly do not intend for this to be the modus operandi of funding PyPI.
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So what should we do to make this more sustainable?
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Replying to @raiderrobert @glyph
open question long term. initial steps have been taken by forming the Packaging WG within PSF with its own budget. individuals can donate at https://donate.pypi.org , but i don't think anyone believes that individuals should be relied on here.
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long term it's going to _have_ to be corporate funds that sustain these efforts. the question basically becomes how do we solicit and secure those relationships?
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models similar to npm could work, but it makes the waters very murky as far as the way our current infra is hosted (99% donated services/infra)
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It’s hard. Models like npm would fundamentally change the nature of PyPI I think beyond the hosting issue.
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How about a more complete cataloging of the projects in PyPi which would both show who has contributed (i.e. authored packages)(similar to @linuxfoundation with the Linux Kernel Report) and who has consumed resources, i.e. a top consumer list showing downloads by domain/company.
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