[js2]

> I prefer using python interpreters installed by linux package manager.

uv will defer to any python it finds in PATH as long as it satisfies your version requirements (if any):

https://docs.astral.sh/uv/concepts/python-versions/

It also respects any virtual environment you've already created, so you can also do something like this:

   /usr/bin/python3 -m venv .venv
   .venv/bin/pip install uv
   .venv/bin/uv install -r requirements.txt # or
   .venv/bin/uv run script ...

It's a very flexible and well thought out tool and somehow it manages to do what I think it ought to do. I rarely need to go to its documentation.

> Using uv would probably save some time on dependency updates but it would require changing my workflow and CI/CD.

I found it very straightforward to switch to uv. It accommodates most existing workflows.