Plans to support pip.conf file?

[kvelicka]

It appears (juding by strace output) that uv doesn't currently support reading pip's config files (e.g. /etc/xdg/pip/pip.conf). The feature I'm after specifically is already described in #1474 (support for the cert entry in the config file/via a cmdline flag) but I'm curious about the general stance the uv takes with reading pip's config files, and other potential users might be interested too.

Thanks a lot in advance!

[charliermarsh]

I'd prefer not to read configuration files designed for other tools. Like, we should support a configuration file and configuration format, but (similar to in Ruff), I'd prefer if it's our own format, etc. Otherwise, we have to figure out how to support reading those files across multiple versions of the target tool, and support any changes they make to the format in the future.

[kvelicka]

Makes a lot of sense, and thank you for the rapid response! Looking forward to trying uv!

Happy for this issue to be closed as far as I'm concerned, though it might be worth mentioning this stance in the readme/documentation. PRs welcome?

[zanieb]

Duplicate of #1404

I'm not sure if it makes sense to document this yet as we're still establishing our formal stance around configuration files. I appreciate the offer though!