Go all in with uv

[stevepiercy]

• Manage requirements
• Update Makefile commands
• Update contribute.md documentation

@Manas-Kenge would you please check out this branch, and try it out?

The biggest change is how to install uv and no longer manually installing a modern Python, since uv handles it for you. You will need to install uv first as described in https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/#standalone-installer

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📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://plone-sphinx-theme--67.org.readthedocs.build/

[rohnsha0]

lgtm

[Manas-Kenge]

@stevepiercy Do you think removing Python support completely is a good idea? Wouldn't it be better to support both for now? Moving to uv might be hard for newcomers, so keeping Python support could make the switch easier.

[stevepiercy]

@Manas-Kenge from the uv docs:

https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/install-python/

If Python is already installed on your system, uv will detect and use it without configuration. However, uv can also install and manage Python versions. uv automatically installs missing Python versions as needed — you don't need to install Python to get started.

[stevepiercy]

Hm, the 3.10 job used 3.13. That's not good. Let's try something else.

[stevepiercy]

Oh, duh. make dev overrides the Python 3.10 installed via matrix.python-version. Rats.

Actually, I think I know a trick I can use to allow passing in a value for make dev python-version, with a default fallback. Let's give that a try. 🧑‍🔬

[stevepiercy]

Nailed it! https://github.com/plone/plone-sphinx-theme/pull/67/files#diff-faff1af3d8ff408964a57b2e475f69a6b7c7b71c9978cccc8f471798caac2c88