DiamondLightSource / DiamondLightSource/python-copier-template

Spike: Investigate using `uv` to manage envtire project

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Description

https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/python-copier-template/issues/245 is an easy win, we would like to make further use of `uv`. Python projects have always required a slightly awkward bringing together of many tools from many vendors, one well-written tool that can manage the venv, tasks and dependencies would be very useful.

For tasks (i.e. a replacement for `tox`) there is an outstanding issue upstream: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/5903

@coretl to comment on the issues/unknowns that need to be investigated.

## Acceptance Criteria
- A reasonable set of instructions for moving to `uv` is produced

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reading linked issue 245 and the upstream uv issue 5903, then inspect the template's current environment, task, and dependency-management approach. Done means producing a reasonable, documented set of instructions for moving the project to uv and recording the relevant issues or unknowns.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
build-system, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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