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Hi, PSF director and PyPI maintainer here! Happy to answer any questions about this role.

This joins our other open position for a CPython Developer-in-Residence: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-psf-is-hiring-devel...

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Is there any plan to deal with non python dependencies somehow - in a way that's consistent?

E.g. install psycopg2 <- requires apt-get install libpq (and that's just on Debian) but python packaging has no consistent way of managing this.

We don't currently have any plans to address this issue specifically -- this is a good use-case for using a general package manager like conda rather than something Python-specific like pip.

That's disappointing to hear. I had suspected it was consigned to the realm of "somebody else's problem" but it's sad to hear it confirmed officially.

I don't think any language actually solves this, and to be honest I'm in favour of the "it's someone else's problem" approach. Python packaging is complex enough without having Python try to actually solve this massively complicated secondary problem.

Have you talked to the author(s) of Poetry about the job? Or at least a collab?

As far as I'm aware, we haven't talked to anyone specific about the role, but they're welcome to apply, of course.

Note that this is for a full-time project and community manager, not a developer (although there may be some overlap).

Yes this is definitely a good idea.

What is the general plan of the project, updating abs standardizing the current system or building a new package manager

Continued maintenance and new feature development for the existing ecosystem.

Shouldn't you simply be hiring Donald Stufft for this position?

Donald already has a full time job!

Also I'm not sure how much he'd enjoy being a project manager. :)

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