Mozilla & CZI Funding Fuels Next-Gen pip: Roadmap and Impact
Python Software Foundation announced $407,000 in funding from Mozilla’s Open Source Support program and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to support pip’s 2020 development, outlining a three‑phase plan covering core work, resolver redesign, and long‑term maintenance, while detailing allocation of resources and future funding goals.
Python Software Foundation recently announced that it received $207,000 from Mozilla Open Source Support (MOSS) and $200,000 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), totaling $407,000, to support pip development in 2020.
The funding will be used for pip’s three‑phase work plan:
Phase 1 (early 2020): basic groundwork.
Phase 2 (March‑June 2020): resolver work (dependency resolution redesign).
Phase 3 (June‑December 2020): maintenance and sustainability.
Mozilla’s contribution will fund Python development, user‑experience research and design for five months, covering issue and PR triage, code refactoring, collaboration with downstream projects, as well as error‑report analysis, user interviews, and testing.
CZI’s $200,000 will support twelve months of Python development, testing infrastructure, project maintenance, four months of UX research and design, and partial travel expenses for developers.
Both grants also cover project management, planning, testing, stakeholder communication, and administrative work for the Python Software Foundation.
The foundation is also rewriting pip’s dependency resolver to address technical debt; the prototype is now functional, and the team plans to seek further funding for pip, manylinux, PyPI, and related projects.
About the funders:
Mozilla Open Source Support (MOSS) rewards open‑source projects with grants typically ranging from $5,000 to $150,000.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, funds “Essential Open Source Software for Science.”
Original announcement: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2019/12/moss-czi-support-pip.html
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