For me the biggest value of uv was replacing pyenv for managing multiple versions of python. So uv replaced pyenv+pyenv-virtualenv+pip
For me the biggest value of uv was replacing pyenv for managing multiple versions of python. So uv replaced pyenv+pyenv-virtualenv+pip
Yes. poetry & pyenv was already a big improvement, but now uv wraps everything up, and additionally makes "temporary environments" possible (eg. `uv run --with notebook jupyter-notebook` to run a notebook with my project dependencies)
Wonderful project
This is it. Later versions of python .11/.12/.13 have significant improvements and differences. Being able to seamlessly test/switch between them is a big QOL improvement.
I don't love that UV is basically tied to a for profit company, Astral. I think such core tooling should be tied to the PSF, but that's a minor point. It's partially the issue I have with Conda too.
> Later versions of python .11/.12/.13 have significant improvements and differences. Being able to seamlessly test/switch between them is a big QOL improvement.
I just... build from source and make virtual environments based off them as necessary. Although I don't really understand why you'd want to keep older patch versions around. (The Windows installers don't even accommodate that, IIRC.) And I can't say I've noticed any of those "significant improvements and differences" between patch versions ever mattering to my own projects.
> I don't love that UV is basically tied to a for profit company, Astral. I think such core tooling should be tied to the PSF, but that's a minor point. It's partially the issue I have with Conda too.
In my book, the less under the PSF's control, the better. The meager funding they do receive now is mostly directed towards making PyCon happen (the main one; others like PyCon Africa get a pittance) and to certain grants, and to a short list of paid staff who are generally speaking board members and other decision makers and not the people actually developing Python. Even without considering "politics" (cf. the latest news turning down a grant for ideological reasons) I consider this gross mismanagement.
> I think such core tooling should be tied to the PSF, but that's a minor point.
The PSF is busy with social issues and doesn't concern itself with trivia like this.
Didn't Astral get created out of uv (and other tools), though? Isn't it fair for the creators to try and turn it into a sustainable job?
Edit: or was it ruff? Either way. I thought they created the tools first, then the company.
With uvx it also replaces pipx.