Rust to be in all debian ports FOREVER
Hi all,
I plan to introduce hard Rust dependencies and Rust code into
APT, no earlier than May 2026. This extends at first to the
Rust compiler and standard library, and the Sequoia ecosystem.
In particular, our code to parse .deb, .ar, .tar, and the
HTTP signature verification code would strongly benefit
from memory safe languages and a stronger approach to
unit testing.
If you maintain a port without a working Rust toolchain,
please ensure it has one within the next 6 months, or
sunset the port.
It's important for the project as whole to be able to
move forward and rely on modern tools and technologies
and not be held back by trying to shoehorn modern software
on retro computing devices.
Thank you for your understanding.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/10/msg00285.html
Not even linux can escape the troonification of everything.
I plan to introduce hard Rust dependencies and Rust code into
APT, no earlier than May 2026. This extends at first to the
Rust compiler and standard library, and the Sequoia ecosystem.
In particular, our code to parse .deb, .ar, .tar, and the
HTTP signature verification code would strongly benefit
from memory safe languages and a stronger approach to
unit testing.
If you maintain a port without a working Rust toolchain,
please ensure it has one within the next 6 months, or
sunset the port.
It's important for the project as whole to be able to
move forward and rely on modern tools and technologies
and not be held back by trying to shoehorn modern software
on retro computing devices.
Thank you for your understanding.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/10/msg00285.html
Not even linux can escape the troonification of everything.
