- cross-posted to:
- python@programming.dev
- cross-posted to:
- python@programming.dev
@mgorny@treehouse.systems:
After seeing yet another dozen packages lose keywords on Gentoo because of a single key dependency switching to uv-build, I would like to plea on behalf of Gentoo users: please don’t use uv-build as a build backend.
Just to be clear, this is not about uv itself or any other Astral tools; these are good tools with a nice and responsive upstream. The uv-build backend is one thing we have to disagree on. I’m not saying it’s bad; I’m saying that its benefits don’t outweigh the drawbacks.
I absolutely would say that to a billionaire, because they aren’t paying me.
My boss, have said it a number of times. I’ve almost verbatim told them that their use case doesn’t line up with our broader user bases’ use case, and that I wasn’t going to support it. Part of a healthy working relationship is being able to push back.
Ignoring my specific case though, what is your point? That people with power shouldn’t ever face push back? Surely that’s not your point?