Moving the pypi packages ownership request tracker to github

[ghost]

/cc @ncoghlan @dstufft

Can you please create a new repository under the pypa organization called "pypi project transfer requests"? There is no reason to use the sourceforge tracker.

[ncoghlan]

That would be up to the folks with access to actually process the requests (which I believe is @dstufft, @ewdurbin and @MarkMangoba currently). While I go agree it's a good idea, moving the tracker wouldn't magically help if the issue is lack of time to process the queue.

Once piece of preparatory research that anyone could tackle is finding places where we link to the existing tracker queue.

[ewdurbin]

Primary blocker is a lack of defined process. PEP 541 is our current best hope, but discussion and progress has layed dormant.

Having had the appropriate access for this for years, I’ve never felt comfortable acting by fiat or “gut instinct” on such matters without a fair and published process.

When 541 is accepted, I’m eager to begin working through the floodgates!

[ghost]

I'm just frustrated because there is a project that I want that says that it's abandoned but I cannot get anyone to respond. I'm just over person though so I would like to solve this for everyone.

[ghost]

What is required to move PEP 541 forward? More distutils-sig?

[ncoghlan]

As far as I'm aware, putting PEP 541 into effect just needs a +1 from @dstufft (as lead PyPI maintainer) and @MarkMangoba (as the PSF's Infrastructure Manager). Mark's sign-off may then require PSF sign-off (e.g. from Van Lindberg as general counsel or from Ewa Jodlowska as Director of Operations).

So if Mark doesn't see the nudge here, then I'll bring the question up on the Packaging WG - the legal accountability for handling disputes here ultimately falls on the PSF, so we can't just approve it on distutils-sig and call it done.

[ghost]

Ping.

[brainwane]

Here's a recent update about PEP 541 from @ncoghlan -- now @MarkMangoba is moving it forward. I'm sorry for the wait.

[brainwane]

Related: pypi/warehouse#3231

[brainwane]

In pypi/warehouse#1506 (comment) we said: either we should set up a GitHub issuetracker as a support queue for this, or we should write an integrated user support ticket system for Warehouse.

Since Warehouse's lead developers are all pretty busy with other tasks, we either need to get a volunteer to finish up the user support ticket system @di discussed in pypi/warehouse#3231 (comment) , get funding to hire someone to write one, or use a GitHub (or similar) support queue.

@ewdurbin @di thoughts?

[brainwane]

(@ewdurbin brought up some other possibilities in pypi/warehouse#3231 (comment) .)