Ciao! New python versions are coming out and I wonder if uv can behave a bit more like mise or other devtools in that it can upgrade the python versions. For example, @hynek teased a video about how he uses MOPup to keep his Python versions updated and it would be fun to ruin his plans once again.

Jokes aside, I think it might be useful to either have a way to see if local python versions are outdated (uv python list --outdated?) and possibly a uv python install --upgrade. For example, I think uv python install --upgrade 3.12 automatically downloads the 3.12 release from yesterday (3.12.7 was released) and, if I have an older one, removes that (since the user is explicitly asking for an update).

Currently, uv python install 3.12 does not download anything if there is a 3.12 version already installed on the machine.

This can be a bit of a pain to implement in that it requires all tools installed with a specific python version to a. be reinstalled or b. be modified to point to the new python path.

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