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A Gentoo developer urges Python package maintainers not to adopt uv-build as their build backend, citing its large size (1.2-1.5 MiB), Rust dependency, and poor portability across platforms compared to lightweight pure-Python alternatives like flit-core. While acknowledging uv as a good tool overall, the author argues that the minimal performance benefits do not justify the significant overhead imposed on Gentoo users who must repeatedly compile the frequently-updated backend from source.
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