feat: install python with uv

_release-pypi/action.yml

@@ -103,6 +103,15 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     type: boolean
 
+  install-python-with-uv:
+    description: |
+      Whether to install Python using uv. The python distribution provided by uv are coming from
+      the Astral `python-build-standalone <https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone>`_
+      project. The uv Python distributions are self-contained, highly-portable, and performant.
+    default: false
+    required: false
+    type: boolean
+
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -128,12 +137,13 @@ runs:
         echo "::notice::We recommend using trusted publishers to securely publish packages on PyPI. You should consider moving to this approach."
 
     - name: "Set up Python"
-      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@main
+      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@feat/install-python-with-uv
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
         use-cache: false
         provision-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
         prune-uv-cache: true
+        use-uv-python: ${{ inputs.install-python-with-uv }}
 
     - name: "Install twine"
       shell: bash

_setup-python/action.yml

@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ inputs:
 
     required: true
     type: boolean
+  use-uv-python:
+    description: |
+      'Whether to use uv python or not. This input only has an effect if
+      ``provision-uv`` is set to ``true``. If ``true``, uv python is used. If ``false``,
+      python provided by ``actions/setup-python`` is used.
+      By default it is set to ``false``.'
+    required: true
+    type: boolean
 
 runs:
   using: "composite"
@@ -82,23 +90,30 @@ runs:
     # NOTE: When a workflow is triggered without using the cache, it can lead to a failure
     # in the Post Run action saying that the cache folder doesn't exist on disk.
     # This is related to our use of uv to install packages, see https://github.com/ansys/actions/pull/811
-    - name: "Set up Python using cache"
-      if: ${{ inputs.use-cache == 'true' && inputs.provision-uv == 'false'}}
+    - name: Set up Python with actions/setup-python and using cache
+      if: ${{ inputs.use-uv-python == 'false' && inputs.use-cache == 'true' && inputs.provision-uv == 'false'}}
       uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
         cache: 'pip'
         cache-dependency-path: 'pyproject.toml'
 
-    - name: "Set up Python without using cache"
-      if: ${{ inputs.use-cache == 'false' || (inputs.use-cache == 'true' && inputs.provision-uv == 'true') }}
+    - name: Set up Python with actions/setup-python and without using cache
+      if: ${{ inputs.use-uv-python == 'false' && inputs.use-cache == 'false' || (inputs.use-cache == 'true' && inputs.provision-uv == 'true') }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
 
-    - name: "Set up uv"
+    - name: Set up uv
       if: ${{ inputs.provision-uv == 'true' }}
       uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@eac588ad8def6316056a12d4907a9d4d84ff7a3b # v7.3.0
       with:
         enable-cache: ${{ inputs.use-cache }}
         prune-cache: ${{ inputs.prune-uv-cache }}
+
+    - name: Install Python with uv
+      if: ${{ inputs.provision-uv == 'true' && inputs.use-uv-python == 'true' }}
+      env:
+        PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: uv python install ${PYTHON_VERSION}

build-library/action.yml

@@ -135,6 +135,15 @@ inputs:
     default: false
     type: boolean
 
+  install-python-with-uv:
+    description: |
+      Whether to install Python using uv. The python distribution provided by uv are coming from
+      the Astral `python-build-standalone <https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone>`_
+      project. The uv Python distributions are self-contained, highly-portable, and performant.
+    default: false
+    required: false
+    type: boolean
+
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -148,12 +157,13 @@ runs:
         fetch-tags:  ${{ inputs.checkout-fetch-tags }}
 
     - name: "Set up Python"
-      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@main
+      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@feat/install-python-with-uv
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
         use-cache: ${{ inputs.use-python-cache }}
         provision-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
         prune-uv-cache: ${{ inputs.use-python-cache != 'true' }}
+        use-uv-python: ${{ inputs.install-python-with-uv }}
 
     - name: "Install library"
       shell: bash

build-wheelhouse/action.yml

@@ -149,6 +149,15 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     type: boolean
 
+  install-python-with-uv:
+    description: |
+      Whether to install Python using uv. The python distribution provided by uv are coming from
+      the Astral `python-build-standalone <https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone>`_
+      project. The uv Python distributions are self-contained, highly-portable, and performant.
+    default: false
+    required: false
+    type: boolean
+
 outputs:
 
   activate-venv:
@@ -169,12 +178,13 @@ runs:
         persist-credentials: false
 
     - name: "Set up Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}"
-      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@main
+      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@feat/install-python-with-uv
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
         use-cache: ${{ inputs.use-python-cache }}
         provision-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
         prune-uv-cache: ${{ inputs.use-python-cache != 'true' }}
+        use-uv-python: ${{ inputs.install-python-with-uv }}
 
     - name: "Identify the build system"
       id: build-system

check-licenses/action.yml

@@ -136,6 +136,15 @@ inputs:
     default: ''
     type: string
 
+  install-python-with-uv:
+    description: |
+      Whether to install Python using uv. The python distribution provided by uv are coming from
+      the Astral `python-build-standalone <https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone>`_
+      project. The uv Python distributions are self-contained, highly-portable, and performant.
+    default: false
+    required: false
+    type: boolean
+
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -195,12 +204,13 @@ runs:
 
     - name: "Set up Python"
       if: inputs.skip-install == 'false'
-      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@main
+      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@feat/install-python-with-uv
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
         use-cache: ${{ inputs.use-python-cache }}
         provision-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
         prune-uv-cache: ${{ inputs.use-python-cache != 'true' }}
+        use-uv-python: ${{ inputs.install-python-with-uv }}
 
     - name: "Identify the build system"
       if: inputs.skip-install == 'false'

check-vulnerabilities/action.yml

@@ -206,6 +206,15 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     type: boolean
 
+  install-python-with-uv:
+    description: |
+      Whether to install Python using uv. The python distribution provided by uv are coming from
+      the Astral `python-build-standalone <https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone>`_
+      project. The uv Python distributions are self-contained, highly-portable, and performant.
+    default: false
+    required: false
+    type: boolean
+
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -273,12 +282,13 @@ runs:
           Set up python to check vulnerabilities.
 
     - name: "Set up Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}"
-      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@main
+      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@feat/install-python-with-uv
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
         use-cache: false
         provision-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
         prune-uv-cache: true
+        use-uv-python: ${{ inputs.install-python-with-uv }}
 
     # NOTE: Installation of poetry in a separate environment to the project to
     # avoid situations in which both poetry and the project have shared
@@ -523,7 +533,7 @@ runs:
         fi
 
     - name: "Uploading safety and bandit results"
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
       if: inputs.upload-reports == 'true' || ( failure() && inputs.upload-reports == 'true' )
       with:
         name: vulnerability-results

code-style/action.yml

@@ -140,6 +140,15 @@ inputs:
     default: true
     type: boolean
 
+  install-python-with-uv:
+    description: |
+      Whether to install Python using uv. The python distribution provided by uv are coming from
+      the Astral `python-build-standalone <https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone>`_
+      project. The uv Python distributions are self-contained, highly-portable, and performant.
+    default: false
+    required: false
+    type: boolean
+
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -187,12 +196,13 @@ runs:
           Set up python to check code style.
 
     - name: "Set up Python"
-      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@main
+      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@feat/install-python-with-uv
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
         use-cache: ${{ inputs.use-python-cache }}
         provision-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
         prune-uv-cache: ${{ inputs.use-python-cache != 'true' }}
+        use-uv-python: ${{ inputs.install-python-with-uv }}
 
     # NOTE: Installation of poetry in a separate environment to the project to
     # avoid situations in which both poetry and the project have shared

doc-build/action.yml

@@ -213,6 +213,15 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     type: string
 
+  install-python-with-uv:
+    description: |
+      Whether to install Python using uv. The python distribution provided by uv are coming from
+      the Astral `python-build-standalone <https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone>`_
+      project. The uv Python distributions are self-contained, highly-portable, and performant.
+    default: false
+    required: false
+    type: boolean
+
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -226,12 +235,13 @@ runs:
       if: ${{ inputs.checkout == 'true' }}
 
     - name: "Set up Python"
-      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@main
+      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@feat/install-python-with-uv
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
         use-cache: ${{ inputs.use-python-cache }}
         provision-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
         prune-uv-cache: ${{ inputs.use-python-cache != 'true' }}
+        use-uv-python: ${{ inputs.install-python-with-uv }}
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

doc-changelog/action.yml

@@ -142,6 +142,15 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     type: boolean
 
+  install-python-with-uv:
+    description: |
+      Whether to install Python using uv. The python distribution provided by uv are coming from
+      the Astral `python-build-standalone <https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone>`_
+      project. The uv Python distributions are self-contained, highly-portable, and performant.
+    default: false
+    required: false
+    type: boolean
+
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -197,12 +206,13 @@ runs:
         token: ${{ inputs.token }} # zizmor: ignore[artipacked] , credentials should be persisted
 
     - name: "Set up Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}"
-      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@main
+      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@feat/install-python-with-uv
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
         use-cache: ${{ inputs.use-python-cache }}
         provision-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
         prune-uv-cache: ${{ inputs.use-python-cache != 'true' }}
+        use-uv-python: ${{ inputs.install-python-with-uv }}
 
     - name: "Install towncrier and tomlkit"
       shell: bash

doc-deploy-changelog/action.yml

@@ -187,6 +187,15 @@ inputs:
     default: true
     type: boolean
 
+  install-python-with-uv:
+    description: |
+      Whether to install Python using uv. The python distribution provided by uv are coming from
+      the Astral `python-build-standalone <https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone>`_
+      project. The uv Python distributions are self-contained, highly-portable, and performant.
+    default: false
+    required: false
+    type: boolean
+
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -197,12 +206,13 @@ runs:
         fetch-depth: 0 # zizmor: ignore[artipacked] , credentials must be persisted in this case
 
     - name: "Set up Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}"
-      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@main
+      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@feat/install-python-with-uv
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
         use-cache: ${{ inputs.use-python-cache }}
         provision-uv: false
         prune-uv-cache: ${{ inputs.use-python-cache != 'true' }}
+        use-uv-python: ${{ inputs.install-python-with-uv }}
 
     - name: Save tag version
       id: save-tag-version

doc-deploy-stable/action.yml

@@ -183,6 +183,15 @@ inputs:
     default: true
     type: boolean
 
+  install-python-with-uv:
+    description: |
+      Whether to install Python using uv. The python distribution provided by uv are coming from
+      the Astral `python-build-standalone <https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone>`_
+      project. The uv Python distributions are self-contained, highly-portable, and performant.
+    default: false
+    required: false
+    type: boolean
+
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -197,12 +206,13 @@ runs:
           'release/<MAJOR>.<MINOR>'.
 
     - name: "Set up Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}"
-      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@main
+      uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@feat/install-python-with-uv
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
         use-cache: ${{ inputs.use-python-cache }}
         provision-uv: ${{ inputs.use-uv }}
         prune-uv-cache: ${{ inputs.use-python-cache != 'true' }}
+        use-uv-python: ${{ inputs.install-python-with-uv }}
 
     - name: "Install packaging"
       shell: bash

doc/source/changelog/1219.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Install python with uv