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365 points tanelpoder | 6 comments | 21 Aug 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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thanhhaimai ◴[21 Aug 25 21:20 UTC] No.44978239[source]▶
I'd rather `ruff` being merged with `ty` instead. `uv` for me is about package / project manager. It's not about code style. The only time `uv` should edit a code file is to update its dependencies (PEP 723).

On the other hand, both `ruff` and `ty` are about code style. They both edit the code, either to format or fix typing / lint issues. They are good candidates to be merged.

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zahlman ◴[21 Aug 25 21:45 UTC] No.44978465[source]▶
This is the direction I expected things to go, and not something I'm especially fond of. I'll stick with UNIX-philosophy tools, thanks.
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zem ◴[21 Aug 25 21:57 UTC] No.44978583[source]▶
this is very much in line with the unix philosophy - it delegates formatting to ruff and simply provides a unified front end that calls out to the right specialized tool. think of it as a makefile.
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1. zahlman ◴[21 Aug 25 22:18 UTC] No.44978776[source]▶
I don't think this is an apt (pun intended?) comparison at all.
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2. d0mine ◴[22 Aug 25 04:07 UTC] No.44980903[source]▶
One can find repos using `make format` / `make lint`/ `make typecheck` / or similar

I remember David Beazley mentioning that code with Makefiles were relatively easier to analyze based on ~Terabyte of C++ code and no internet connection (pycon 2014) https://youtube.com/watch?v=RZ4Sn-Y7AP8

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3. Kwpolska ◴[22 Aug 25 05:36 UTC] No.44981326[source]▶
That `make format` command was not defined by the Make developers, but by the team using Make in their project. They picked their favorite formatter and defined a shortcut. In this case, the uv developers are forcing the command on everyone, and they're using it to cross-promote their own formatting tool.
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4. Hendrikto ◴[22 Aug 25 10:04 UTC] No.44982690{3}[source]▶
They are not forcing anything on anyone. You can decide to never run `uv format` and ruff won’t even be installed.

You can use uv without ruff. You can use ruff without uv. You can invoke ruff yourself if that’s what you want. Or use any other formatter.

I don’t think I understand what your complaint is.

5. asa400 ◴[22 Aug 25 14:17 UTC] No.44984997{3}[source]▶
Other people having an opinion and creating their own software project to implement it is not “forcing” anyone to do anything.

The inverse would be no one is allowed to create any projects that you don’t personally agree with.

6. wiseowise ◴[22 Aug 25 16:51 UTC] No.44986779{3}[source]▶
Nobody is forcing you to use anything. Feel free to ignore it and use whatever flavor you like.