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Modeling Dependency-Propagated Ecosystem Impact of Changes in Maintenance Activities: Evaluating Support Strategies in the PyPI Network Alexandros Tsakpinis (17863247) Emil Schwenger (23565517) Alexander Pretschner (9241805) Empirical software engineering OSS Ecosystems Dependency Networks Ecosystem Impact OSS Support <h3 dir="ltr">Overview</h3><p dir="ltr">This replication package accompanies the paper:</p><p dir="ltr"><i>“Modeling Dependency-Propagated Ecosystem Impact of Changes in Maintenance Activities: Evaluating Support Strategies in the PyPI Network.”</i></p><p dir="ltr">It contains all code, configuration files, and datasets required to reproduce the study’s analyses of:</p><ul><li>impact-driven library selection strategy</li><li>maintainer reachability</li><li>comparisons with existing funding mechanisms in the PyPI ecosystem</li></ul><p dir="ltr">The dataset included in this package was collected on <b>17 February 2026</b>.</p><p dir="ltr">The package is distributed as two ZIP archives:</p><ul><li><b>Replication_Package_Data_Collection.zip</b><br>Contains the data collection pipeline used to gather GitHub and PyPI metadata</li><li><b>Replication_Package_Data_Analysis.zip</b><br>Contains the analysis application, evaluation scripts, and pre-populated results corresponding to the paper’s findings</li></ul><p dir="ltr">Each archive includes a README file with detailed setup and usage instructions.</p><h3 dir="ltr">Reproduction Instructions</h3><p dir="ltr"><b>Requirements:</b></p><ul><li>Python 3.10 or higher</li></ul><p dir="ltr"><b>Data Collection Package:</b><br>Requires:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>GitHub Personal Access Token</li><li>PePy API token (for download statistics)</li><li>OSSF Scorecard CLI</li></ul><p dir="ltr">Note: A pre-collected dataset (17 February 2026) is already included in the analysis package, so re-running data collection is optional.</p><p dir="ltr"><b>Data Analysis Package:</b></p><ul><li>No external API dependencies</li><li>Pre-computed results are included and can be inspected directly</li></ul><p dir="ltr"><b>Setup (for both packages):</b></p><ol><li>Create a virtual environment</li><li>Activate the environment</li><li>Install dependencies from requirements.txt</li></ol><p dir="ltr">Refer to the README files inside each archive for:</p><ul><li>credential configuration</li><li>pipeline execution</li><li>application usage</li></ul><p dir="ltr">Relevant files:</p><ul><li>Replication_Package_Data_Collection/README.md</li><li>Replication_Package_Data_Analysis/README.md</li></ul><h3 dir="ltr">Data Description</h3><p dir="ltr">The dataset aggregates PyPI registry metadata and GitHub repository data collected on <b>17 February 2026</b>, covering the full PyPI ecosystem.</p><p dir="ltr">It includes:</p><ul><li>repository URLs</li><li>maintainer and organization information</li><li>sponsorship metadata</li><li>contact reachability indicators</li><li>download statistics</li><li>dependency declarations</li><li>OSSF maintenance scores</li></ul><p dir="ltr">All data was collected using publicly available tools and APIs:</p><ul><li>PyPI JSON API</li><li>GitHub REST and GraphQL APIs</li><li>PePy API</li><li>OSSF Scorecard CLI</li></ul><p><br></p> 2026-09-30T09:33:22Z Dataset Dataset 10.6084/m9.figshare.31315870.v2 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Modeling_Dependency-Propagated_Ecosystem_Impact_of_Changes_in_Maintenance_Activities_Evaluating_Support_Strategies_in_the_PyPI_Network/31315870 CC BY 4.0