Fix issue 458 -- move to uv from pip

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          cache: 'pip'
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
 
       - name: Install system dependencies
         run: |
@@ -52,9 +54,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
-          pip freeze
+          uv sync
+          uv pip freeze
 
       - name: Run tests
-        run: python -Wall manage.py test -v 2 --settings=settings_ci
+        run: uv run python -Wall manage.py test -v 2 --settings=settings_ci

.gitignore

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ deploy-latest.sh
 .DS_Store
 *~
 media/*
+.venv
 venv*
 celerybeat-*
 env.sh

CLAUDE.md

@@ -17,32 +17,36 @@ Helios is an end-to-end verifiable voting system that provides secure, transpare
 - **Database**: PostgreSQL 9.5+
 - **Task Queue**: Celery with RabbitMQ
 - **Crypto**: pycryptodome
+- **Package Manager**: uv
 
 ## Common Commands
 
 ```bash
+# Install dependencies
+uv sync
+
 # Run development server
-python manage.py runserver
+uv run python manage.py runserver
 
 # Run all tests
-python manage.py test -v 2
+uv run python manage.py test -v 2
 
 # Run tests for a specific app
-python manage.py test helios -v 2
-python manage.py test helios_auth -v 2
+uv run python manage.py test helios -v 2
+uv run python manage.py test helios_auth -v 2
 
 # Run a specific test class
-python manage.py test helios.tests.ElectionModelTests -v 2
+uv run python manage.py test helios.tests.ElectionModelTests -v 2
 
 # Database migrations
-python manage.py makemigrations
-python manage.py migrate
+uv run python manage.py makemigrations
+uv run python manage.py migrate
 
 # Reset database (drops and recreates)
 ./reset.sh
 
 # Start Celery worker (for background tasks)
-celery --app helios worker --events --beat --concurrency 1
+uv run celery --app helios worker --events --beat --concurrency 1
 ```
 
 ## Project Structure

INSTALL.md

@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@
 
 ## Python Setup
 
-* Install Python 3.12 including dev and venv packages
+* Install Python 3.13 including dev packages
 
 ```
-sudo apt install python3 python3-dev python3-venv python3-pip
+sudo apt install python3 python3-dev
 ```
 
-* Create a virtualenv
+* Install uv (modern Python package manager)
 
 ```
-python3 -m venv venv
+curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
 ```
 
 * You'll also need Postgres dev libraries. For example on Ubuntu:
@@ -32,16 +32,10 @@ python3 -m venv venv
 sudo apt install libpq-dev
 ```
 
-* Activate virtual environment
+* Install dependencies (uv creates a virtual environment automatically)
 
 ```
-source venv/bin/activate
-```
-
-* Install requirements
-
-```
-pip install -r requirements.txt
+uv sync
 ```
 
 ## Database Setup
@@ -57,7 +51,7 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt
 * Start server
 
 ```
-python manage.py runserver
+uv run python manage.py runserver
 ```
 
 ## Google Auth Configuration

pyproject.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+[project]
+name = "helios-server"
+version = "4.0.0"
+description = "Helios is an end-to-end verifiable voting system"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.13"
+dependencies = [
+    "django==5.2.9",
+    "django-webtest>=1.9.11",
+    "gunicorn==22.0.0",
+    "dj-database-url==2.2.0",
+    "psycopg2-binary==2.9.10",
+    "celery==5.6.1",
+    "django-picklefield==3.2",
+    "django-anymail==11.0.1",
+    "python-dateutil==2.9.0",
+    "bleach==6.1.0",
+    "django-csp==3.8",
+    "validate-email==1.3",
+    "pycryptodome==3.23.0",
+    "python3-openid==3.2.0",
+    "django-ses==4.1.0",
+    "google-auth>=2.38.0",
+    "google-auth-oauthlib>=1.2.0",
+    "requests>=2.31.0",
+    "requests-oauthlib>=1.3.1",
+    "rollbar==1.3.0",
+    "django-auth-ldap==4.8.0",
+    "python-ldap==3.4.5",
+]
+
+[dependency-groups]
+dev = [
+    "pytest>=8.0.0",
+]
+
+[tool.uv]
+package = false