What is PEP 772?
PEP 772 establishes the Python Packaging Council, an elected body with authority over packaging standards, replacing PyPA's informal governance under PEP 609.
PEP 772 – Packaging Council governance process | peps.python.org
peps.python.orgThis PEP proposes a Python Packaging Council with broad authority over packaging standards, tools, and implementations. Like the Python Steering Council, the Packaging Council seeks to exercise this authority as rarely as possible; instead, they use thi...
The Python Packaging Summit Returns to PyCon US
The 2026 Packaging Summit convenes in Long Beach on May 15. Here's what's on the table based on the last two years of notes.
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PyCon US 2026 Packaging Summit Recap
Per-talk notes from the PyCon US 2026 Packaging Summit in Long Beach: Emma Smith on Wheel 2.0 and Zstandard compression, Mike Fiedler on PyPI abuse vectors, Mahe Iram Khan on ecosystems, lightning talks on PEP 772, mobile wheels, AI accelerator variants, and the roundtable discussions.
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Welcome Back, NVIDIA: Visionary Sponsor of PyCon US 2026
NVIDIA is excited to once again support PyCon US 2026 as a Visionary Sponsor , and to sponsor the Future of AI with Python Conference Track ...
A New Python Packaging Council and Other News for May 2026 – Real Python
A new Python Packaging Council, PEP 803 stabilizes the free-threaded ABI, the incremental GC gets reverted, and Astral changes hands.