Hello, On Fri, 2025-10-31 at 21:48 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > 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.
I find this particular wording rather unpleasant and very unusual to what I'm used to from Debian in the past. I have to admit that I'm a bit disappointed that such a confrontational approach has been chosen. Thanks, Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
