chore: Simplify toolchain to use UV for build and environment management

.github/workflows/advanced-prechecks-unix.yml

@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.event.label.name == 'ci' }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ '3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13' ]
     name: Ubuntu prechecks - Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           architecture: x64
@@ -42,15 +42,15 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.event.label.name == 'ci' }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ '3.6', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13' ]
     env:
       AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
       AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
       AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_DEPLOYMENT_REGION }}
 
     name: RHEL8 prechecks - Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Install packer
         uses: hashicorp-contrib/setup-packer@v1

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL

.github/workflows/default-prechecks-unix.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: "3.10"
           architecture: x64
 
       - name: Install pipenv

.github/workflows/pypi-upload.yml

@@ -13,36 +13,22 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: unix
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
           architecture: x64
 
-      - name: Autobump version
-        run: |
-          # from refs/tags/v1.2.3 get 1.2.3
-          VERSION=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}
-          PLACEHOLDER='__version__ = "v0.1.0"'
-          VERSION_FILE='src/machine_stats/_version.py'
-
-          # grep ensures the placeholder is there. If grep doesn't find the placeholder
-          # it exits with exit code 1 and github actions aborts the build.
-          grep "$PLACEHOLDER" "$VERSION_FILE"
-
-          sed -i "s/$PLACEHOLDER/__version__ = \"${VERSION}\"/g" "$VERSION_FILE"
-
-      - name: Install pypa/build and twine
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install build twine
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
 
-      - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
-        run: |
-          python -m build --sdist --wheel --outdir dist/ .
+      - name: Install the project
+        run: uv build
 
-      - name: Upload to PyPI via Twine
+      - name: Publish
         env:
-          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          twine upload --verbose -u '__token__' dist/*
+          UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+        run: uv publish

.github/workflows/python-tests.yml

@@ -11,20 +11,21 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: Install uv and set the Python version
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          cd ./unix
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
-          pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
-      - name: Test with pytest
-        run: |
-          pytest
+          enable-cache: true
+
+      - name: Install the project
+        run: uv sync --locked --all-extras --dev
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        # For example, using `pytest`
+        run: uv run pytest tests

unix/.gitignore

@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ hosts
 build/
 dist/
 machine_stats.egg-info
+.devenv/
+.direnv/

unix/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -8,40 +8,27 @@ Under the hood Machine Stats relies on the awesome [Ansible SDK](https://docs.an
 
 ## Technicalities
 
-Development on the latest version of Python is preferred. As of this writing
-it's 3.9.  You can use any operating system.
+Development on the latest version of Python is preferred. As of this
+writing it's 3.14.  You can use any operating system. We use the
+wonder [uv tool](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) for a modern take on
+python package management. If you don't have it installed follow the
+appropriate instructions for your OS/package manager of choice.
 
 Install all development dependencies using:
 
 ```console
-pipenv install --dev
-```
-
-If you haven't used `pipenv` before but are comfortable with virtualenvs, just
-run `pip install pipenv` in the virtualenv you're already using and invoke the
-command above from the `unix` directory of the cloned _Machine Stats_ repo. It
-will do the correct thing.
-
-Make changes in the source code (e.g in `src/machine_stats/__init__.py`) and
-run `pipenv run machine_stats` to run it locally.
-
-Non `pipenv` install works too:
-
-```console
-pip install -r requirements.txt
-pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
-pip install -e .
+uv sync
 ```
 
 ### Tools
 
 We use the following tools:
 
-* `black` for code formatting (`pipenv run black .`)
-* `isort` to sort imports (`pipenv run isort .`)
-* `flake8` or `pylint` for code linting (`pipenv run flake8
-  src/machine_stats/*` or `pipenv run pylint src`)
-* `bump2version` for version bumps (`pipenv run bump2version`)
+* uv for modern python project management
+* `black` for code formatting (`uv run black .`)
+* `isort` to sort imports (`uv run isort .`)
+* `flake8` or `pylint` for code linting (`uv run flake8
+  src/machine_stats/*` or `uv run pylint src`)
 
 ### Testing
 
@@ -56,7 +43,7 @@ pytest
 or
 
 ```console
-pipenv run pytest
+uv run pytest
 ```
 
 ### How to release a new Machine Stats version
@@ -75,7 +62,7 @@ To deploy a new version of Machine Stats, you will need to create a release. The
 
 When you create a PR, the GitHub workflows check for the linting and CodeQL. However, if you think you're introducing breaking changes, then please add the label `ci` with your PR. This will run the Advanced Prechecks workflow that checks Machine Stats' working in the following system environments:
 
-* Ubuntu 20.04 - Python 3.7 to 3.10
+* Ubuntu 24.04 - Python 3.7 to 3.10
 * RHEL 8 - Python 3.6, 3.8 to 3.10
 
 ## Finally