On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM Julian Andres Klode <[email protected]> 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.
Be careful. Rust does not support some platforms well.[0] ANything that is not Tier 1 is not guaranteed to actually work. And architectures like m68k and powerpc are Tier 3. [0] <https://doc.rust-lang.org/beta/rustc/platform-support.html>. Jeff
