Investigate UV for installation etc speedup

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Description

Contributor guide

Research direction

Investigate the use of UV (https://github.com/astral sh/uv) to speed up installation and build processes for pwntools. Read the referenced blog post and experiment with UV locally to measure potential improvements in installation time and dependency resolution.

Tech stack

python

Domain

build systemtooling

Issue type

Research

DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.

2

Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.

1-3 hours

Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.

Fresh

ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.

Needs investigation

Prerequisites

GitPython

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

70