The author seems to use uv with Python (somewhat) fundamentally differently that I do.

I don't expect uv to do anything fancy. I don't run module management (installation, upgrades) through uv commands. I don't much care what uv's syntax is. I let each tool do one thing.

- Tool 1: UV makes a venv for each project, with whatever Py version is suitable for that project, so that each project's dependencies do not collide with one another.

- Tool 2: Pip installs all the requirements for a given project, within the venv for that project. From a requirements.txt file. Which, as far as I am aware, pip commands and requirements fit more of what they author is looking for.

I don't think it's necessary to subject oneself to the things the author (articulately) complains about, e.g.: uv's command syntax for listing packages; uv's emitting unbounded requirements syntax; uv's command to upgrade modules

Then again, it's quite possible the author is managing modules in projects with more complex needs than I am.

Long-winded example:

  # Make an env for the project with appropriate Python and use it
  uv venv ~/.venvs/myprojpy312 --python 3.12
  source ~/.venvs/myprojpy312/bin/activate
  
  # Make sure pip exists and is up to date
  python -m ensurepip --upgrade
  python -m pip install --upgrade pip

  # Fill in requirements.txt in readable/meaningful syntax per needs
  $ cat requirements.txt
  requests>=2.31.0,<3.0.0
  black==24.4.2
  
  # Install the requirements initially (or again after changing requirements.txt) 
  python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
  
  # List outdated modules
  python -m pip list --outdated
  
  # Upgrade modules, respecting the constraints
  python -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt

And in the age of the supply chain attacks, requiring a certain staleness could be useful, too (providing time to catch recent and revoke reasonably major and recently discovered issues, though at the cost of also blocking recent fixes):

  $ cat ~/.config/uv/uv.toml
  exclude-newer = "7 days"
  # per https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47884491

Am I doing it wrong? Should I be thinking about `uv lock --upgrade`, `uv add`, and `uv tree --outdated` like the author? I'd rather just avoid all that, and have been able to so far.