Re: New packaging security funding & NYU

Chris Wilcox <[email protected]> Sun, 21 Mar 2021 10:27:44 -0700
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This is super cool. Congratulations!

On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 9:00 PM Justin Cappos <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm happy to be a part of this and would love to help the PSF get more
> support in the future.  I'm looking forward to making a positive difference
> for Python Packaging through this effort!
>
> Justin
>
> On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 11:30 AM Sumana Harihareswara <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Good news!
>>
>> New York University -- specifically Professor Justin Cappos -- and I
>> have successfully asked the US National Science Foundation for a grant
>> to improve Python packaging security. The NSF is awarding NYU $800,000
>> over two years -- from mid-2021 to mid-2023 -- to further improve the
>> pip dependency resolver and to integrate The Update Framework further
>> into the packaging toolchain.
>>
>>
>> https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2054692&HistoricalAwards=false
>>
>> For what we're planning to do, what this means in the short term, an
>> explanation of why NYU and the NSF are involved, and thank-yous, please
>> see https://discuss.python.org/t/new-packaging-security-funding-nyu/7792
>> .
>>
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>> Changeset Consulting
>> https://changeset.nyc
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<div dir=3D"ltr">This is super cool. Congratulations!</div><br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 20, 2021=
 at 9:00 PM Justin Cappos &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">jcappos@p=
oly.edu</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"=
margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-lef=
t:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">I&#39;m happy to be a part of this and would love t=
o help the PSF get more support in the future.=C2=A0 I&#39;m looking forwar=
d to making a positive difference for Python Packaging through this effort!=
<div><br></div><div>Justin</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div d=
ir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 11:30 AM Sumana Har=
ihareswara &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">sh@cha=
ngeset.nyc</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding=
-left:1ex">Good news!<br>
<br>
New York University -- specifically Professor Justin Cappos -- and I <br>
have successfully asked the US National Science Foundation for a grant <br>
to improve Python packaging security. The NSF is awarding NYU $800,000 <br>
over two years -- from mid-2021 to mid-2023 -- to further improve the <br>
pip dependency resolver and to integrate The Update Framework further <br>
into the packaging toolchain.<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=3D2054692&amp;Histo=
ricalAwards=3Dfalse" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://nsf.gov/a=
wardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=3D2054692&amp;HistoricalAwards=3Dfalse</a><br>
<br>
For what we&#39;re planning to do, what this means in the short term, an <b=
r>
explanation of why NYU and the NSF are involved, and thank-yous, please <br=
>
see <a href=3D"https://discuss.python.org/t/new-packaging-security-funding-=
nyu/7792" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://discuss.python.org/t=
/new-packaging-security-funding-nyu/7792</a> .<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Sumana Harihareswara<br>
Changeset Consulting<br>
<a href=3D"https://changeset.nyc" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http=
s://changeset.nyc</a><br>
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