[Distutils] pip/warehouse feature idea: "help needed"

[Alexander Walters]

Is the package index really the best place to put this?  This is a very 
social-networking feature for the authoritative repository of just about 
all the third party module, and it feels like either it could corrupt 
the 'sanctity' of the repository (in the absolute worst case), or simply 
be totally ineffective because we all only see the cheese shop through 
pip and twin (in the best case).

I am not saying the PSF shouldn't do this, but is pypi REALLY the best 
part of python.org to put it?

On 4/11/2015 10:46, Nick Coghlan wrote:
>
> Guido mentioned in his PyCon keynote this morning that we don't 
> currently have a great way for package authors to ask for help from 
> their user base.
>
> It occurred to me that it could be useful to have a "Help needed" 
> feature on PyPI (after the Warehouse migration) where package 
> maintainers could register requests for assistance, such as:
>
> * looking for new maintainers
> * requests for help with Python 3 support
> * links to specific issues a maintainer would like help with
> * links to donation pages (including links to Patreon, Gratipay, etc)
> * links to crowdfunding campaigns for specific new features
> * links to CVs/LinkedIn if folks are looking for work
>
> Given a requirements.txt file, pip could then gain a "help-needed" 
> command that pulled the "help needed" entries for the named projects.
>
> The general idea would be to provide a direct channel from project 
> maintainers that may need help to their users who may be in a position 
> to provide that help. It wouldn't need to be too complicated, just a 
> Markdown field that maintainers could edit.
>
> In some cases, software is backed by folks that already have a 
> sustainable support model. For these it could be nice if the Markdown 
> field could be used to say "Help not needed", and give credit to the 
> people or orgs supporting them.
>
> It's not something we can do anything about until after the Warehouse 
> migration, but I figured I'd mention it while I was thinking about it :)
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.
>
>
>
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