Thursday Aug 20th: short talk on PyPI & sustainability

Two researchers studied PyPI's sustainability to understand problems 
that affect FOSS infrastructure sustainability in general. On Thursday 
20 Aug (2:30 - 3:45 PM EDT), one of the study's authors will speak in a 
Ford Foundation event about FOSS sustainability: 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-infrastructure-labor-roles-and-incentives-tickets-115498275451

You can read the researchers' report at 
https://github.com/FOSSRIT/mismatches/blob/master/Mismatches%20Final%20report.docx 
. Key section of the summary:

> These results suggest that different strategies are needed for addressing the non-technical capacities of digital FOSS infrastructure projects. While capacity for things such as documentation, outreach, project management, design, legal work, etc. are often acknowledged as needs within FOSS communities at-large, they are rarely addressed proactively. Rather, they are often addressed only when a project is in crisis.

I also draw your attention to the table of tensions between "FOSS 
culture" and "Infrastructure culture" on page 7, and the misperception 
that capacity-building may seem to be slowing a project down (p 6-7).

(Disclosure: I was a consultant on this analysis.)
-- 
Sumana Harihareswara
Changeset Consulting
https://changeset.nyc
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