adopt UV instead of pip

[epugh]

Description

pip to uv migration.

Issues Resolved

Fixes #28.

Testing

• New functionality includes testing

[Describe how this change was tested]

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[janhoy]

Thanks for this, one initial comment, will take it for a spin later

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Migrates the project’s development, CI, and runtime helper scripts from pip/pyenv workflows to uv, aiming to improve reproducibility and installation speed across local development, Docker builds, and GitHub Actions.

Changes:

• Updated local dev and helper scripts (Makefile, run.sh) to use uv sync / uv run instead of pip install.
• Updated CI to install uv and removed pyenv initialization from the build script.
• Updated Docker build steps and developer documentation to reflect the uv-based workflow.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
run.sh	Replaces editable pip install flow with uv sync + uv run for running the CLI/daemon wrappers.
pyproject.toml	Introduces a [tool.uv] section documenting uv as the environment manager.
Makefile	Replaces pip/pyenv-based targets with uv-based equivalents for develop/build/test/lint/tox.
docker/Dockerfile	Installs uv in build/runtime stages and switches wheel build/install steps toward uv.
DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md	Updates contributor setup/testing instructions to use uv sync/run and uv.lock.
AGENTS.md	Updates agent/dev prerequisites and setup steps to reference uv instead of pyenv.
.github/workflows/unit-test.yml	Installs uv via astral-sh/setup-uv before running the CI build script.
.ci/build.sh	Removes pyenv PATH/shims initialization; relies on Makefile’s uv-based setup.

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Makefile:63

• test depends on develop, which can lead to redundant uv sync runs in automation (when develop is invoked explicitly). Consider running pytest via uv run --extra develop ... and keeping test independent of develop.

test: develop
	uv run pytest tests/

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[epugh]

I think this is as far as my knowledge gets me... @janhoy would be happy to have you push to this branch as well to get this to "done done" ;-).

[janhoy]

In last commit I had Claude bring docs up to date with uv (remove pip / pyenv mentions):

Three docs still described the old pyenv/pip workflow.

PYTHON_SUPPORT_GUIDE.md — the "add a Python version" checklist:

• Removed the .ci/variables.json step and the dead pyinst/check-pip Makefile snippet (those targets no longer exist)
• Now points at the actual post-uv sources of truth: pyproject.toml (requires-python, classifiers, tox envlist — with a note that tox-uv auto-downloads missing interpreters), .python-version, and the it<VERSION> Makefile targets
• Testing steps: pyenv local <version> → uv sync --extra develop --python <version>
• Binary-path example: ~/.pyenv/shims/solr-orbit → .venv/bin/solr-orbit

docs/user-guide/install-and-configure/installing.md:

• Prerequisites: replaced the Python + pip bullets with a single uv bullet (uv downloads Python 3.12 automatically)
• Replaced the pyenv tip with a "uv manages Python versions" tip incl. install one-liners
• Install / virtualenv / developer / upgrade flows: pip install -e . + manual python3 -m venv → uv sync / uv sync --extra develop; the separate "Virtual environment (recommended)" section was folded away since uv sync always creates .venv

docs/quickstart.md: pip install -e . → uv sync + source .venv/bin/activate

Verified: ran the documented quickstart flow from scratch — plain uv sync then .venv/bin/solr-orbit --version → solr-orbit 0.1.0 ✅. A final grep confirms no stale pyenv/pip instructions remain under docs/ or the guides.

Note: .ci/variables.json was now completely orphaned so I removed it

[janhoy]

@epugh I did some rounds of fixes and more reviews. Updated docs. Upgraded uv version etc.

I think it is good to go from my end

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

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[epugh]

Just looked at your most recent commits and tried out some commands... Seemed great. Will wait for CI stuff to have a chance to finish and merge.