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The SC accepted a PEP that establishes a new Packaging Council, the incremental GC is being reverted, Łukasz Langa is stepping down as Developer in Residence, Rust for CPython has a new progress update, four new PEPs — all this and more in this edition of Core Dispatch.
PEP 772, creating an official Python packaging council, has been approved! 🎉
I'm so excited for the council and the work it will do. Many thanks to @pradyunsg, Deb Nicholson, and Barry Warsaw for your hard work in making this happen!
https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-772-packaging-council-governance-process-round-3/100181/118
The Python Steering Council is happy to accept PEP 772, establishing a Python Packaging Council with broad delegated authority over packaging standards, tools, and implementations. This is the final step in the special approval process for this PEP, which has obtained the approval of the PSF Board, the PyPA, and now, the PSC. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who participated in discussions in person and online! We are excited to see the Python packaging ecosystem move on to its next p...
🎈 Playdate turns 4 next week (April 18th!!) And we're excited to announce 🥁..... Playdate Season 3 🎉!
Coming later this year. 💫
The PSF is looking for a PyPI Sustainability Engineer to join the team! This is a full time, 1-year contract (with the possibility of renewal), globally remote position. If you love #Python, care about open source, and want your work to matter at infrastructure scale–consider applying! Please boost this post and share with your colleagues and networks. #PyPI #Python
https://pythonsoftwarefoundation.applytojob.com/apply/xz5k3X31UQ/Sustainability-Engineer-PyPI
https://pythonsoftwarefoundation.applytojob.com/apply/xz5k3X31UQ/Sustainability-Engineer-PyPI
OMG! Finally!! In Python 3.15, PYTHONWARNINGS can have real regexes to control warnings: https://docs.python.org/3.15/library/warnings.html#the-warnings-filter.
Discovered by spelunking the Python source while trying to find a way around this warning that I can't ignore: https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues/1089
Are you attending @pycon, or orbiting it?
I wrote something personal about why where you stay during PyCon changes the entire experience, and why this year it matters more than usual.
If you’re coming to PyCon US, this one’s for you:
https://georgiker.com/blog/are-you-attending-pycon/
Anyone who maintains an #opensource project that accepts vulnerability reports, I highly recommend reading “Brocards for vulnerability triaging” by my friend @yossarian:
#security #oss #vulnerability #supplychain
https://blog.yossarian.net/2026/04/11/Brocards-for-vulnerability-triage
It's the 25th anniversary of “Dōbutsu no Mori” (“Animal Forest”) being released on the N64 in Japan! 🎉 To celebrate I've created digital calendars for events across all first-generation games and villager birthdays.
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@ThePSF/116403474490412403
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