On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 at 22:50, Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> wrote:
On 19/02/2021 23.22, Stestagg wrote:
> The thing that stood out from this conversation, for me, is: Releases
> are too hard, and there’s a risk of not having enough volunteers as a
> result.
>
> How hard is it to fix that? 

Actually it's easy to fix!

The PSF needs needs sufficient money to hire a couple of people, so the
PSF can turn release management and security maintenance from unpaid
volunteers into paid fulltime jobs.
That’s certainly one option. I’d be super surprised if that were the only one. 

What were the budget requirements for this? How far from the target is the PSF?  Is there a plan to hit it?

Are there no technical solutions that might help reduce the cost?