# Vote to promote Kirill Podoprigora **URL:** \ **Category:** Committers\ **Tags:** promotion\ **Created:** [September 10, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/vote-to-promote-kirill-podoprigora/63503 "2024-09-10T15:49:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vstinner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/vstinner/32/15130_2.png) [@vstinner](https://discuss.python.org/u/vstinner)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/vote-to-promote-kirill-podoprigora/63503/1 "2024-09-10T15:49:42Z")
Hi, I would like to propose promoting **Kirill Podoprigora** (eclips4) as a core developer. ## Vote _Poll ([view on site](https://discuss.python.org/t/vote-to-promote-kirill-podoprigora/63503/1))_ ## Kirill’s contributions to Python Kirill is active in Python for almost two years. He got [131 commits merged](https://github.com/python/cpython/commits?author=Eclips4) in the main branch (first commit in October 2022). He modified various parts of Python: compiler, AST, unittest, inspect, pickle, asyncio, documentation, warnings, etc. He is not afraid of digging into the code to identify and fix reference leaks. Kirill is also active in bug triage. He was involved in [486 issues](https://github.com/search?q=involves%3Aeclips4+archived%3Afalse+org%3Apython&type=issues) and [500 pull requests](https://github.com/search?q=involves%3Aeclips4+archived%3Afalse+org%3Apython&type=pullrequests). Outside Python, Kirill is contributing to RustPython (porting tests between versions), and tries to reimplement Python in Zig (as a replacement for C) but the project is only at the design stage. ## Major accomplishments in CPython I asked Kirill if he is proud of a specific contribution. He replied that he is proud of these two PRs: - elementtree: [gh-111784: Fix two segfaults](https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/113405) - importlib: [gh-106176: Fix reference leak in importlib/\_bootstrap.py](https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/106207) > Both of them are really hard to solve (IMO), not gonna lie, I’ve spent about a hundred of hours solving each of them. (The second PR was closed in favor of [GH-106176, GH-104702: Fix reference leak when importing across multiple threads by brettcannon · Pull Request #108497 · python/cpython · GitHub](https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/108497) which is based on my PR and my idea for how to solve the problem) ### pyexpat and elementtree After the `_elementree` C extension was “isolated” (converted to the multiphase API and static types converted to heap types), `_elementree` started to crash at exit (ooops!) The problem was the usage of a borrowed reference in the `_elementtree` extension. Kirill modified `_elementtree` to hold a strong reference to the `pyexpat` capsule object. ### importlib leak On June 2023, a reference leak was reported on the `test_import` test suite. The same day, Kirill proposed a fix and asked for reviews. There was a long discussion for 2 months about the best fix. Kirill was active in the discussion. At the end, a different fix was merged by Brett Cannon using a weak reference dictionary. The most difficult part was the analysis of the root cause and discussing the best fix. ## Post-promotion mentoring I will mentor Kirill for one month after his promotion (if it’s accepted) to help him to deal with his new responsibilities. I will require him to ask me before merging anything until he will be used to the process. ## Vote process As a reminder from PEP 13 regarding voting rules: > It is granted by receiving at least two-thirds positive votes in a core team vote that is open for one week and with no veto by the steering council. ---
**Author:** ![vstinner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/vstinner/32/15130_2.png) [@vstinner](https://discuss.python.org/u/vstinner)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/vote-to-promote-kirill-podoprigora/63503/2 "2024-09-10T15:57:45Z")
To the 4 early voters: please vote again, I modified the vote to only show results once the vote closes. ---
**Author:** ![sobolevn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/sobolevn/32/9274_2.png) [@sobolevn](https://discuss.python.org/u/sobolevn)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/vote-to-promote-kirill-podoprigora/63503/3 "2024-09-10T16:12:57Z")
I want to endorse the promotion. Kirill is a very talented developer, he has a great attention to details. His reports about our CI and tests are always very helpful: multiple times I found that there are already his proposed solutions to some problems that I noticed while working on CPython. Kirill is also very pleasant to work and communicate with. His ability to learn and to provide solutions to code problems is very motivating. I even use him as an example of hard-working and dedication to my students and co-workers. I will always be happy to help him in any areas 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AlexWaygood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/alexwaygood/32/4722_2.png) [@AlexWaygood](https://discuss.python.org/u/AlexWaygood)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/vote-to-promote-kirill-podoprigora/63503/4 "2024-09-11T18:45:29Z")
I nominated Kirill to become a triager in [Request for Python triage membership: Kirill Podoprigora · Issue #509 · python/core-workflow · GitHub](https://github.com/python/core-workflow/issues/509) and volunteered to mentor him. As far as I’m concerned, he’s required very little mentorship! I can hardly think of any complaints I or anybody else has had regarding his conduct, and whenever I’ve given feedback (which he’s actively sought), he’s been very quick to act on it. I have every confidence that Kirill will continue to act in a trustworthy way and seek consensus on changes after gaining these new priviliges. ---
**Author:** ![Eclips4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/eclips4/32/32292_2.png) [@Eclips4](https://discuss.python.org/u/Eclips4)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/vote-to-promote-kirill-podoprigora/63503/5 "2024-09-20T19:16:39Z")
The SC does not veto my promotion, and @ambv granted me the necessary privileges (thanks Lukasz!). Thanks folks for the kind words! I’ll try my best to make CPython better! ---
**Author:** ![vstinner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/vstinner/32/15130_2.png) [@vstinner](https://discuss.python.org/u/vstinner)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/vote-to-promote-kirill-podoprigora/63503/6 "2024-09-20T19:53:41Z")
Congrats Kirill for your promotion! 🎉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/python1/original/1X/3aff56846ebe57781a163dfc748fd1417119d8ab.png) [@system](https://discuss.python.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/vote-to-promote-kirill-podoprigora/63503/7 "2025-09-10T15:49:58Z")
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