What if there was some kind of “blessed” entity that runs these services and puts the majority of the revenue into a fund that funds development on PyPi (maybe trough the PSF)?
Jannis > On 4. Apr 2018, at 23:24, Dustin Ingram <di@di.codes> wrote: > > This was recently discussed on the Packaging-WG mailing list. To > summarize, there are a few key reasons why this would be challenging: > > 1) The PSF is a non-profit. Taking on work generally in the domain of > for-profit enterprises might jeopardize our tax-exempt status. > > 2) PyPI relies heavily (~$1M/yr) on donated services and > infrastructure. If we start trying to make money, our sponsors may not > appreciate it. > > 3) If PyPI is in the business of hosting private packages, it may > de-incentivize us from helping to make sure "competing" private > indices (devpi, Artifactory, gemfury, etc) are functional. > > 4) With the exception of the current MOSS grant, PyPI is supported > entirely by unpaid volunteers. Is it fair to ask volunteers to > continue contributing their time to a for-profit enterprise? > > Not to say that this would be impossible -- PyCon is quite similar > (turns a profit, has sponsors, competes with other conferences, uses > volunteer support) has addressed (and is addressing) many of these > challenges, but it remains that the transition would be challenging. > > D. > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 3:55 PM, Alex Walters <tritium-l...@sdamon.com> wrote: >> I am fairly sure if you give the PyPA that suggestion, they will just >> deflate at the thought of the workload. Besides, we already offer private >> repos for free, several ways ranging from devpi to python -m >> SimpleHTTPServer in a specially created directory. >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Python-ideas <python-ideas-bounces+tritium-list=sdamon....@python.org> >> On Behalf Of Nick Humrich >> Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 12:26 PM >> To: python-id...@python.org >> Subject: [Python-ideas] Pypi private repo's >> >> >> >> I am sure this has been discussed before, and this might not even be the >> best place for this discussion, but I just wanted to make sure this has been >> thought about. >> >> What if pypi.org supported private repos at a cost, similar to npm? >> >> This would be able to help support the cost of pypi, and hopefully make it >> better/more reliable, thus in turn improving the python community. >> >> If this discussion should happen somewhere else, let me know. >> >> Nick >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig >> > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
