Includes a few things...
- Drops preview warnings for use of `uv python upgrade` and `uv python
install --upgrade`
- Adds `--resolve-links` to `uv python find`, which I needed in test
cases to retain existing snapshots
- Fixes issues in our "Using environment ..." messages on Windows which
were incorrect
- Refactors `from_executable` for the `PythonMinorVersionLink` type
(https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17842/commits/28b2ed2525327d94fdf5372a29bbbc476d74680f)
to use the type system to prevent incorrect construction (for above)
- Removes special casing where we only upgrade links if they already
exist, which existed so preview wasn't needed on every invocation
- Fixes a bug with `PythonMinorVersionLink::exists` which returned
`true` even if the link pointed to the wrong Python installation leading
to discovery failures
## Summary
* Updates existing references to use EnvVars where usage was missing.
* Adds missing entries to env var usages, e.g. new env var declarations
in uv-trampoline, tests, etc.
* Note: this doesn't affect trampoline sizes as the end result is the
same
* Fixes versioning of `UV_HIDE_BUILD_OUTPUT`.
## Test Plan
Existing Tests. Compiled the trampolines locally to verify zero changes
(size, binary).
## Question
Will this complicate the crates publishing release process? I'm not
certain yet if it will be an issue for uv-trampoline (non-workspace
member) to reference a uv workspace member from a bump & release
perspective wrt lock files. If so, I'll revert the uv-trampoline changes
but keep the others.
Part of https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/4392
We shouldn't link to PyPI, and dropping the workspace-level
documentation link should mean that we get the auto-generated `docs.rs`
links.
The initial motivation for this change was that we were using both the
`windows`, the `window_sys` and the `windows_core` crate in various
places. These crates have slightly unconventional versioning scheme
where there is a large workspace with the same version in general, but
only some crates get breaking releases when a new breaking release
happens, the others stay on the previous breaking version. The `windows`
crate is a shim for all three of them, with a single version. This
simplifies handling the versions.
Using `windows` over `windows_sys` has the advantage of a higher level
error interface, we now get a `Result` for all windows API calls instead
of C-style int-returns and get-last-error calls. This makes the
uv-keyring crate more resilient.
We keep using the `windows_registry` crate, which provides a higher
level interface to windows registry access.
## Summary
This is causing some cyclic dependencies issues for me, because these
can be used in virtually _any_ crate (like `uv-install-wheel`), which
then means that all of `uv-configuration` becomes a dependency, etc. I
think this should be a leaf crate so that we can safely depend on it
anywhere.
> NOTE: The PRs that were merged into this feature branch have all been
independently reviewed. But it's also useful to see all of the changes
in their final form. I've added comments to significant changes
throughout the PR to aid discussion.
This PR introduces transparent Python version upgrades to uv, allowing
for a smoother experience when upgrading to new patch versions.
Previously, upgrading Python patch versions required manual updates to
each virtual environment. Now, virtual environments can transparently
upgrade to newer patch versions.
Due to significant changes in how uv installs and executes managed
Python executables, this functionality is initially available behind a
`--preview` flag. Once an installation has been made upgradeable through
`--preview`, subsequent operations (like `uv venv -p 3.10` or patch
upgrades) will work without requiring the flag again. This is
accomplished by checking for the existence of a minor version symlink
directory (or junction on Windows).
### Features
* New `uv python upgrade` command to upgrade installed Python versions
to the latest available patch release:
```
# Upgrade specific minor version
uv python upgrade 3.12 --preview
# Upgrade all installed minor versions
uv python upgrade --preview
```
* Transparent upgrades also occur when installing newer patch versions:
```
uv python install 3.10.8 --preview
# Automatically upgrades existing 3.10 environments
uv python install 3.10.18
```
* Support for transparently upgradeable Python `bin` installations via
`--preview` flag
```
uv python install 3.13 --preview
# Automatically upgrades the `bin` installation if there is a newer patch version available
uv python upgrade 3.13 --preview
```
* Virtual environments can still be tied to a patch version if desired
(ignoring patch upgrades):
```
uv venv -p 3.10.8
```
### Implementation
Transparent upgrades are implemented using:
* Minor version symlink directories (Unix) or junctions (Windows)
* On Windows, trampolines simulate paths with junctions
* Symlink directory naming follows Python build standalone format: e.g.,
`cpython-3.10-macos-aarch64-none`
* Upgrades are scoped to the minor version key (as represented in the
naming format: implementation-minor version+variant-os-arch-libc)
* If the context does not provide a patch version request and the
interpreter is from a managed CPython installation, the `Interpreter`
used by `uv python run` will use the full symlink directory executable
path when available, enabling transparently upgradeable environments
created with the `venv` module (`uv run python -m venv`)
New types:
* `PythonMinorVersionLink`: in a sense, the core type for this PR, this
is a representation of a minor version symlink directory (or junction on
Windows) that points to the highest installed managed CPython patch
version for a minor version key.
* `PythonInstallationMinorVersionKey`: provides a view into a
`PythonInstallationKey` that excludes the patch and prerelease. This is
used for grouping installations by minor version key (e.g., to find the
highest available patch installation for that minor version key) and for
minor version directory naming.
### Compatibility
* Supports virtual environments created with:
* `uv venv`
* `uv run python -m venv` (using managed Python that was installed or
upgraded with `--preview`)
* Virtual environments created within these environments
* Existing virtual environments from before these changes continue to
work but aren't transparently upgradeable without being recreated
* Supports both standard Python (`python3.10`) and freethreaded Python
(`python3.10t`)
* Support for transparently upgrades is currently only available for
managed CPython installations
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Co-authored-by: Zanie Blue <contact@zanie.dev>
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