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Re:Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in... by abenga on Thursday October 30, 2025 @07:01AM (#45758593)
Uv allows you to lock versions too. And creates a .venv inside the project which, I guess, is similar to the node_modules directory.
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Re:Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in... by brap on Thursday October 30, 2025 @07:54AM (#45759036)
For sure, I was referring to the state of python before uv. Specifically projects not being self-contained, easily portable, etc
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Re:Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in... by robertfw on Thursday October 30, 2025 @11:38AM (#45761235)
You could already do these things before, you just spent much more time twiddling your thumbs waiting for lock files to be resolved
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