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The uv build back end is now stable

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129 points NeutralForest | 1 comments | 03 Jul 25 11:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.416s | source
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mkj ◴[03 Jul 25 13:30 UTC] No.44454863[source]▶
The linked URL doesn't really explain, what does "stable" mean here?
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NeutralForest ◴[03 Jul 25 13:54 UTC] No.44455130[source]▶
It was marked as experimental earlier on, the docs linked are the stable version + how to use it.
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milliams ◴[03 Jul 25 15:40 UTC] No.44456175[source]▶
The admonition at the top:

  Currently, the default build backend for uv init is hatchling. This will change to uv in a future version.
makes it seem like it's not yet stable, or at least feels like they're still not encouraging it.
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NeutralForest ◴[03 Jul 25 16:18 UTC] No.44456598[source]▶
I'm quoting Charlie, the creator of uv https://bsky.app/profile/crmarsh.com/post/3lszmqo27b224
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milliams ◴[03 Jul 25 16:20 UTC] No.44456621[source]▶
Ah, great. Thanks for the reference.
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1. NeutralForest ◴[03 Jul 25 16:38 UTC] No.44456829[source]▶
My pleasure!