+1 Thanks for maintaining pip-tools! *Richard Si *(he/him) GitHub: @ichard26 Le jeu. 19 mars 2026, 9 h 39 p.m., Jacob Coffee <jacob.coffee@pyfound.org> a écrit :

+1, makes sense!

Thanks,

Jacob Coffee Infrastructure Engineer Python Software Foundation ------------------------------ *From:* Russell Keith-Magee <russell@keith-magee.com> *Sent:* Thursday, March 19, 2026 6:42:56 PM *To:* Sviatoslav Sydorenko <webknjaz@redhat.com> *Cc:* PyPA-Committers <pypa-committers@python.org> *Subject:* [pypa-committers]Re: VOTE: Moving pip-tools to PyPA

+1 from me.

Yours, Russ Magee %-)

On 20 Mar 2026, at 6:50 am, Sviatoslav Sydorenko via PyPA-Committers < pypa-committers@python.org> wrote:

Hi PyPA committers,

I'd like to open a vote on transferring pip-tools to the PyPA GitHub org:

https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools

This is a project that provides a way to generate constraint files and manage virtualenv pins. Sometimes, I call it "an early DIY lock files" implementation. It's used by Dependabot to upgrade requirement/constraint files and is a prior art for what's reimplemented in uv.

It's spent most of its life in the Jazzband collaborative maintenance organisation that is getting shut down this year[1]. And so, naturally we're looking for a new home[2]. Since both Stephen and I (webknjaz and sirosen — the current project leads) are already a part of PyPA and it is a tool of the packaging realm, we feel it's a good idea to keep maintaining the project under the familiar umbrella.

-- Warm regards, Sviatoslav Sydorenko

[1]: https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools/discussions/2353

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+1 On Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 12:05 Thomas Kluyver <thomas@kluyver.me.uk> wrote:

+1

On Thu, 19 Mar 2026, at 22:50, Sviatoslav Sydorenko via PyPA-Committers wrote:

Hi PyPA committers,

I'd like to open a vote on transferring pip-tools to the PyPA GitHub org:

https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools

This is a project that provides a way to generate constraint files and manage virtualenv pins. Sometimes, I call it "an early DIY lock files" implementation. It's used by Dependabot to upgrade requirement/constraint files and is a prior art for what's reimplemented in uv.

It's spent most of its life in the Jazzband collaborative maintenance organisation that is getting shut down this year[1]. And so, naturally we're looking for a new home[2]. Since both Stephen and I (webknjaz and sirosen — the current project leads) are already a part of PyPA and it is a tool of the packaging realm, we feel it's a good idea to keep maintaining the project under the familiar umbrella.

-- Warm regards, Sviatoslav Sydorenko

[1]: https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools/discussions/2353

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+1 (Of course!)

Not a PyPA committer, but I am excited to see pip-tools moving under the PyPA banner. Thanks to Stephen and Sviatoslav for maintaining this lovely tool <3 Seth Larson On Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 1:16 PM Stephen Rosen via PyPA-Committers < pypa-committers@python.org> wrote:

+1

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On Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM Dustin Ingram <di@python.org> wrote:

+1

I just realized we didn't receive a "seconded" comment in this ML thread that PEP 609 requires. Can somebody fulfill this requirement, please? -S

If the past maintainers want to continue to be involved, I would welcome them! However, several of them have been inactive for years, and I do not think we can assume that they are aware of the GitHub discussion, this thread, or even of the (graceful) end of Jazzband. I will do my best to reach out to them via several platforms to make sure they are aware, and we can discuss adding them to PyPA if they want to resume their engagement with the project. I think that's the best way to show them the deference and thanks for their hard work that they are owed, but without making the project move to pypa uncertain. We can delay the timeline for the move until we feel comfortable that they have been given an opportunity to respond.

Obviously our intent wasn't to subvert any process or make extra work, sorry. :( Given that PEP 609 doesn't have any provisions for pausing a vote, I think the best option would be to block the move and start over once we have clarity. This bit of text suffices, regarding additions of projects to pypa: > This proposal must not be opposed by the existing maintainers of the project. Jannis is a maintainer, and I would also support blocking the move if we don't have clarity that it accords with Jazzband requirements. Given that we have four days until the vote closes, I would rather we see if we can sort this out satisfactorily before then. I'll open a jazzband/help issue for us to discuss off of the listhost. I think it's possible that we'll be on good footing to let the vote move forward. On Monday March 23 15:17:09 2026 (-05:00), Jannis Leidel wrote: > > > On 23. Mar 2026, at 19:28, Stephen Rosen via PyPA-Committers wrote: > > > > If the past maintainers want to continue to be involved, I would welcome them! > > > > However, several of them have been inactive for years, and I do not think we can assume that they are aware of the GitHub discussion, this thread, or even of the (graceful) end of Jazzband. > > I will do my best to reach out to them via several platforms to make sure they are aware, and we can discuss adding them to PyPA if they want to resume their engagement with the project. > > > > I think that's the best way to show them the deference and thanks for their hard work that they are owed, but without making the project move to pypa uncertain. We can delay the timeline for the move until we feel comfortable that they have been given an opportunity to respond. > > Hold on, putting on my Jazzband hat, it’s not up to a subset of the Jazzband project leads to decide on whether to exclude other existing project leads from a consequential decision like this. For the purpose of Jazzband project leadership, the other project leads were not inactive or emeritus. > > To be clear, and this will be part of the email I will send to all the remaining Jazzband projects as announced, before PyCon US: the decision to move pip-tools to PyPA has to be unanimous among the project leads for a bulletproof transition between the different governance forms. I now regret that you’ve called for a vote already, but OTOH you also didn’t wait for further instructions as I announced. > > I have no opinion on whether this vote should be paused until you’ve verified or if you’d like to restart it later in the year. > > My +1 vote would stand assuming that all project leads have agreed with the move. > > Jannis > > > _______________________________________________ > > PyPA-Committers mailing list -- pypa-committers@python.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to pypa-committers-leave@python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/pypa-committers.python.org > > Member address: jannis.leidel@pyfound.org > >

I'm very pleased to share that we've just heard back from the last of the pip-tools maintainers, in support of the move! Two of our maintainers would like to be removed from the project (davidovich and vphilippon). Albert Tugushev (atugushev) would like to join us in the move to PyPA, so when we do the move I believe he will need to be added to the pypa GitHub org and this mailing list. Cheers, -Stephen P.S. Yes, I *was* low-key stressed about this. I'm glad we got such a nice resolution.