[chupapuma]

I have found the PyPI group of people to be very helpful in these cases. You also should probably, as an organization, have more than one owner of your packages. That way, unless two people leave, things aren't orphaned. We have gone as far to have a 'meta-user' that is on all packages. It is only ever used to recover a fully abandoned package.

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I understand you are trying to be helpful, and of course you are right, but the fact is that sometimes things fall between the cracks, especially in, say, hard-pressed startups.

There are so many shoulds in the world that don't make it to dids, it reminds me of the joke about the salesman trying to sell farming improvement techniques and being turned down by the old farmer, who says, "Son, I don't farm half as good as I know how to already."

Unfortunately, I have not found the PyPI group as helpful as you have. Perhaps I have been looking in the wrong places.

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UPDATE: I was helped out by a very nice person from PyPI, so kudos to them.