uv: Python packaging in Rust

uv: Python packaging in Rust

"uv is an extremely fast Python package installer and resolver, written in Rust, and designed as a drop-in replacement for pip and pip-tools workflows."

From Charlie Marsh and Astral, the team behind Ruff, who describe it as a milestone in their pursuit of a "Cargo for Python".

Also in this announcement: Astral are taking over stewardship of Armin Ronacher's Rye packaging tool, another Rust project.

uv is reported to be 8-10x faster than regular pip, …

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