PEP 541 Request: Kconfiglib

[carlescufi]

Project to be claimed

Kconfiglib: https://pypi.org/project/kconfiglib

Your PyPI username

zephyr-project: https://pypi.org/user/zephyr-project/

Reasons for the request

The original author of the widely used library Kconfiglib is no longer active or reachable.
Since the Zephyr Project is a heavy user of Kconfiglib we have volunteered to take over the project and maintain it. In order to avoid having to rename it it would be great if we could take over the PyPI package.

Maintenance or replacement?

Maintenance

Source code repositories URLs

Current project: https://github.com/ulfalizer/Kconfiglib
Future home: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/Kconfiglib

Contact and additional research

We have tried contacting him for nearly 3 years using every means possible to no avail. This includes email, professional telephone number, GitHub mentions and even his personal phone number.

Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow the PSF Code of Conduct

[sjg20]

Just to add my support here as I have been trying to contact the original author also. There are unanswered PRs going back >2 years

https://github.com/ulfalizer/Kconfiglib/pulls

I have a PR that was raised a year ago.

ulfalizer/Kconfiglib#112

This is a very useful project and it is important to move it to a new owner. We have identified someone is willing and able to maintain it:

https://github.com/jackrosenthal

Without this request being approved our only option is to rename the package, which will create a lot of confusion.

[marc-hb]

In fact the original author went inactive not just in this project but all across the Internet:

• https://github.com/ulfalizer sudden stop of all activity early 2020
• https://stackoverflow.com/users/4577158/ulfalizer "Last seen more than 3 years ago"
• https://lore.kernel.org/all/?q=ulfalizer Nothing past 2020
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/magnussonulf/recent-activity/ "Nothing to see"

This has been confirmed by people trying to contact him using other methods.

[carlescufi]

Dear pypi maintainers, can we get an update on this request, please?

[marc-hb]

I didn't find any "escalation" process at https://pypi.org/help/#project-name-claim, https://peps.python.org/pep-0541/#how-to-request-a-name-transfer

There is however a link to the obsolete distutils-sig mailing list: https://mail.python.org/archives/list/distutils-sig@python.org/thread/TINMM5LQKQTTJDVGC224RMG7JGPXL4MQ/

I think it has been moved to https://discuss.python.org/t/about-the-packaging-category/365

[marc-hb]

Scanning https://github.com/pypi/support/issues?q=sort%3Aupdated-desc+label%3A%22PEP+541%22+is%3Aclosed I found that @yeraydiazdiaz worked on a number of PEP 541 requests 2 weeks ago but unfortunately not this one :'-(

[marc-hb]

@yeraydiazdiaz could you or someone else please help with this?

Zephyr is an incredibly active and popular project with a spectacular track record. It's an official Linux Foundation project backed by some of the largest companies in the industry. It's been called the "Linux of the embedded world" across the technical press. Could you or someone else please unblock it?

More background info if needed: zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr#53894

EDIT: I just cried for help in https://discuss.python.org/t/official-zephyr-project-getting-desperate-with-2-months-old-pep-541-name-claim/24431

[CAM-Gerlach]

@di @ewdurbin

[yeraydiazdiaz]

Hi all, I will now start the reachability process for your request which can take up to 6 weeks. Thank you for gathering resources regarding the owner, hopefully we can get a response soon and proceed with the transfer.

[carlescufi]

Hi @yeraydiazdiaz wondering if the reachability process has completed. Thanks!

[carlescufi]

Hi @yeraydiazdiaz, bumping up this request, since it's now been well beyond 6 weeks since the last update. Thanks!

[str4t0m]

Has there been any progress regarding this request in the meantime?

[carlescufi]

@yeraydiazdiaz could you please update us on this issue? It's now been several months with no news.