Consider replacing Poetry with uv

[ammar92]

We should consider replacing poetry with uv for dependency management.

Pro's of Poetry

• Faster than pip
• Easy CLI

Pro's of uv:

• Faster than Poetry
• Replaces a bunch of tools
  • pipx: Install and run Python applications in isolated environments
  • pyenv: You just configure your project to require a certain Python version the right Python version is installed, the virtual environment gets created, and the dependencies get installed very fast
• Improved dependency resolution
  • While Poetry does a great job at this, uv is even better when dealing with multiple interdependencies
• A cleaner pyproject.toml file that adheres to standards-compliant sections

Cons of uv:

• Slightly more complex CLI than Poetry
• Relatively new, but rapidly gaining popularity and is considered stable
• No direct support yet from Dependabot, although this shouldn't be a big deal since we're always outputting requirements.txt formats that can be scanned

[Donnype]

Is it easy to do a quick benchmark of build-times? Might make the speedup argument a bit clearer, as I think this could be one of the most impactful changes.

[ammar92]

Notes from the discussion meeting:

• Positive feedback on using uv
• If we wish to replace Poetry, we should do so a few releases later

As of today, PyCharm also has official support for using uv. It also still works with older versions of the IDE, you just have to point to the right virtual environment that uv has created for your project

[ammar92]

Is it easy to do a quick benchmark of build-times? Might make the speedup argument a bit clearer, as I think this could be one of the most impactful changes.

I can run a comparison soon, but based on my experience installing (Python) dependencies accounts for most of the build time. We should definitely see a noticeable improvement there