PEP 541 Request: Kconfiglib
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Project to be claimed
Kconfiglib: https://pypi.org/project/kconfiglib
Your PyPI username
zephyr-project: https://pypi.org/user/zephyr-project/
Reasons for the request
The original author of the widely used library Kconfiglib is no longer active or reachable.
Since the Zephyr Project is a heavy user of Kconfiglib we have volunteered to take over the project and maintain it. In order to avoid having to rename it it would be great if we could take over the PyPI package.
Maintenance or replacement?
Maintenance
Source code repositories URLs
Current project: https://github.com/ulfalizer/Kconfiglib
Future home: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/Kconfiglib
Contact and additional research
We have tried contacting him for nearly 3 years using every means possible to no avail. This includes email, professional telephone number, GitHub mentions and even his personal phone number.
Code of Conduct
- I agree to follow the PSF Code of Conduct
Just to add my support here as I have been trying to contact the original author also. There are unanswered PRs going back >2 years
https://github.com/ulfalizer/Kconfiglib/pulls
I have a PR that was raised a year ago.
This is a very useful project and it is important to move it to a new owner. We have identified someone is willing and able to maintain it:
https://github.com/jackrosenthal
Without this request being approved our only option is to rename the package, which will create a lot of confusion.
In fact the original author went inactive not just in this project but all across the Internet:
- https://github.com/ulfalizer sudden stop of all activity early 2020
- https://stackoverflow.com/users/4577158/ulfalizer "Last seen more than 3 years ago"
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/?q=ulfalizer Nothing past 2020
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/magnussonulf/recent-activity/ "Nothing to see"
This has been confirmed by people trying to contact him using other methods.
Dear pypi maintainers, can we get an update on this request, please?
I didn't find any "escalation" process at https://pypi.org/help/#project-name-claim, https://peps.python.org/pep-0541/#how-to-request-a-name-transfer
There is however a link to the obsolete distutils-sig mailing list: https://mail.python.org/archives/list/distutils-sig@python.org/thread/TINMM5LQKQTTJDVGC224RMG7JGPXL4MQ/
I think it has been moved to https://discuss.python.org/t/about-the-packaging-category/365
Scanning https://github.com/pypi/support/issues?q=sort%3Aupdated-desc+label%3A%22PEP+541%22+is%3Aclosed I found that @yeraydiazdiaz worked on a number of PEP 541 requests 2 weeks ago but unfortunately not this one :'-(
@yeraydiazdiaz could you or someone else please help with this?
Zephyr is an incredibly active and popular project with a spectacular track record. It's an official Linux Foundation project backed by some of the largest companies in the industry. It's been called the "Linux of the embedded world" across the technical press. Could you or someone else please unblock it?
More background info if needed: zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr#53894
EDIT: I just cried for help in https://discuss.python.org/t/official-zephyr-project-getting-desperate-with-2-months-old-pep-541-name-claim/24431
Hi all, I will now start the reachability process for your request which can take up to 6 weeks. Thank you for gathering resources regarding the owner, hopefully we can get a response soon and proceed with the transfer.
Hi @yeraydiazdiaz wondering if the reachability process has completed. Thanks!
Hi @yeraydiazdiaz, bumping up this request, since it's now been well beyond 6 weeks since the last update. Thanks!
Has there been any progress regarding this request in the meantime?
@yeraydiazdiaz could you please update us on this issue? It's now been several months with no news.
Since Yuray seems to no longer be involved, we will restart the reachability process.
We are working to contact the owner to determine if they're reachable.
Disclaimer: We are providing support to the PyPI Administrators to validate this request and make a recommendation on the outcome and actions to be taken. Final determination will be made by the PyPI Administrators when our process is complete.
We could not reach the owner, and we consider the project abandoned per
PEP 541.
We recommend that the PyPI Administrators assign zephyr-project as the new
owner of "Kconfiglib".
@encukou it's now been a while since this process was started, is there a chance we can resolve this in the near future? Thanks in advance!
I'm sorry, but I don't know. It's up to the PyPI admins now.
@carlescufi have you reached out to admin@pypi.org ?
@carlescufi have you reached out to admin@pypi.org ?
No, I have not. Do you want to do it yourself @kartben ?
Owner role on kconfiglib Project granted to zephyr-project.