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Hi, PSF director and PyPI maintainer here! Happy to answer any questions about this role. This joins our other open position for a CPython Developer-in-Residen

by di 5y ago

Hi, PSF director and PyPI maintainer here! Happy to answer any questions about this role. This joins our other open position for a CPython Developer-in-Residence: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-psf-is-hiring-developer-in.html https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-psf-is-hiring-devel...

scrollaway 5y ago
Have you talked to the author(s) of Poetry about the job? Or at least a collab?
- di 5y ago
  As far as I'm aware, we haven't talked to anyone specific about the role, but they're welcome to apply, of course. Note that this is for a full-time project and community manager, not a developer (although there may be some overlap).
- O_H_E 5y ago
  Yes this is definitely a good idea.
amachefe 5y ago
What is the general plan of the project, updating abs standardizing the current system or building a new package manager
- di 5y ago
  Continued maintenance and new feature development for the existing ecosystem.
BerislavLopac 5y ago
Shouldn't you simply be hiring Donald Stufft for this position?
- di 5y ago
  Donald already has a full time job! Also I'm not sure how much he'd enjoy being a project manager. :)
pydry 5y ago
Is there any plan to deal with non python dependencies somehow - in a way that's consistent? E.g. install psycopg2 <- requires apt-get install libpq (and that's just on Debian) but python packaging has no consistent way of managing this.
- di 5y ago
  We don't currently have any plans to address this issue specifically -- this is a good use-case for using a general package manager like conda rather than something Python-specific like pip.
  - pydry 5y ago
    That's disappointing to hear. I had suspected it was consigned to the realm of "somebody else's problem" but it's sad to hear it confirmed officially.
    - scrollaway 5y ago
      I don't think any language actually solves this, and to be honest I'm in favour of the "it's someone else's problem" approach. Python packaging is complex enough without having Python try to actually solve this massively complicated secondary problem.

by di 5y ago

scrollaway 5y ago

Have you talked to the author(s) of Poetry about the job? Or at least a collab?

di 5y ago
As far as I'm aware, we haven't talked to anyone specific about the role, but they're welcome to apply, of course. Note that this is for a full-time project and community manager, not a developer (although there may be some overlap).
O_H_E 5y ago
Yes this is definitely a good idea.

amachefe 5y ago

What is the general plan of the project, updating abs standardizing the current system or building a new package manager

di 5y ago
Continued maintenance and new feature development for the existing ecosystem.

BerislavLopac 5y ago

Shouldn't you simply be hiring Donald Stufft for this position?

di 5y ago
Donald already has a full time job! Also I'm not sure how much he'd enjoy being a project manager. :)

pydry 5y ago

Is there any plan to deal with non python dependencies somehow - in a way that's consistent? E.g. install psycopg2 <- requires apt-get install libpq (and that's just on Debian) but python packaging has no consistent way of managing this.

di 5y ago
We don't currently have any plans to address this issue specifically -- this is a good use-case for using a general package manager like conda rather than something Python-specific like pip.
- pydry 5y ago
  That's disappointing to hear. I had suspected it was consigned to the realm of "somebody else's problem" but it's sad to hear it confirmed officially.
  - scrollaway 5y ago
    I don't think any language actually solves this, and to be honest I'm in favour of the "it's someone else's problem" approach. Python packaging is complex enough without having Python try to actually solve this massively complicated secondary problem.