Comment by skeledrew
1 month ago
I'm pretty sure the gtk dependencies weren't built by Astral, which, yes, unfortunately means that it won't always just work, as they streamline their Python builds in... unusual ways. A few months ago I had a similar issue running a Tkinter project with uv, then all was well when I used conda instead.
Yeah.. this is exactly the overall reality of the ecosystem isn't it? That being said I do hope uv succeeds in their unification effort, there's nothing worse than relying on a smattering of diff package managers and built streams to get basic stuff working. It's like a messy workshop, it works but there's a implicit cost in terms of the lack of clarity and focus for the user. It's a cost I'm not willingly paying.
It may not be the grand unifier if they aren't willing to compromise. Currently I'd say conda is the "grand unifier", giving users 100% what they ask for artifacts-wise, albeit rather slowly. On the other hand, uv provides things super fast, but those things may break 5% of the time in unusual ways on unusual configs. I have no issue using both for the fullest experience.