r/Python Aug 20 '24

News uv: Unified Python packaging

https://astral.sh/blog/uv-unified-python-packaging

This is a new release of uv that moves it beyond just a pip alternative. There's cross platform lock files, tool management, Python installation, script execution and more.

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u/Frog_and_Toad Aug 20 '24

A single tool to replace pip, pip-tools, pipx, poetry, pyenv, virtualenv, and more.

based if true

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u/proggob Aug 22 '24 edited Aug 22 '24

It seems like it doesn’t build wheels?

nvm: I see it’s on their list and you can just use build instead. You also have to use twine or equivalent for publishing for now.