I'm happy to be a part of this and would love to help the PSF get more
support in the future. I'm looking forward to making a positive difference
for Python Packaging through this effort!
Justin
On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 11:30 AM Sumana Harihareswara
Good news!
New York University -- specifically Professor Justin Cappos -- and I have successfully asked the US National Science Foundation for a grant to improve Python packaging security. The NSF is awarding NYU $800,000 over two years -- from mid-2021 to mid-2023 -- to further improve the pip dependency resolver and to integrate The Update Framework further into the packaging toolchain.
https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2054692&HistoricalAwards=false
For what we're planning to do, what this means in the short term, an explanation of why NYU and the NSF are involved, and thank-yous, please see https://discuss.python.org/t/new-packaging-security-funding-nyu/7792 .
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