uv: the unified packaging release - Talk Python to Me Ep.476

[@andymc1110]

Loved the discussion. I only started using uv a couple of days ago. It's a huge dx step up on Windows. To date I'd been using WinPython because I could be bothered managing dependencies with venv or anaconda.

[@mikeckennedy]

For sure, it makes a big difference.

[@C0pernicus]

Would've loved to have heard about the elephant in the room: how does astral plan to monetize this?

[@mcdermottpa]

Right now they are running on venture capital. Even if we assume that at some point they are forced by the evil VC's to do a rug pull, these projects use MIT and Apache licenses. Both are solid open source licenses, so at any time the projects can be forked. That would suck, but even if it happened, the community will have benefited from a lot of private funding, and can continue development from there.

[@Michallote]

The way I see it is that the moment they decide to do that we still have the tools up to that point exactly the way we used them. Open Source comunity will continue the development

[@C0pernicus]

I agree, I'm super happy for astral to be in the scene. It just seems like the open question.

[@rickhoro]

The usual way. They'll provide value added services on top of uv.

[@talkpython]

It's a good question. Charlie laid out their plans a bit at the end of this discussion more clearly than I have heard before. simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/8/uv-under-discussion-on-mastodon