:wq On Sat, Nov 1, 2025, 10:10 AM Paul Tagliamonte <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for your hard work on this - > > This will impact unofficial ports, which have already had to contend with > Rusts widespread adoption of rust in lieu of C in places like Rust's crypto > ecosystem > Sorry typo on my phone > contend with rust's widespread adoption in lieu of C in places like python's crypto ecosystem > However, it's definitely more of a symptom rather than a cause of port > bitrot - the impact of rust on ports has a simple solution -- help > maintaining the port with rust upstream. I would encourage anyone upset by > this -- frankly -- welcome news to help ensure rust has a stable port on > your favorite arch. > > Paul > > :wq > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 4:49 PM Julian Andres Klode <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> -- >> debian developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev >> ubuntu core developer i speak de, en >> >
