On Sun, Nov 02, 2025 at 01:08:06PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > On 17764 March 1977, 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. > > > 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 > > There might be really good reasons for using Rust in a tool like apt. > > They might even be good enough to ditch old ports - also I think that > shouldn't be on one maintainers decision alone.
Do you mean "although"? > > But whatever good intention may be behind this move, the way this mail was > written completly kills them. And completly makes it *appear* as "arrogant > asshole developer imposing his wants on everyone" combined with "if you dont > like it, sod off, you don't matter". Especially with the end of it and the > signature below. > > That might not be how it was meant (most probably), but that's how it goes > around. It's fair but also I did not come up with the sentiment, but was paraphrasing the discussion with a fellow prominent DD on the #debian-apt IRC channel: 2025-07-24 13:45:24 juliank Probably should rewrite parsers in Rust, but retrocomputing ports get in the way at least :D [...] 2025-07-24 16:38:22 <anonym> imvho retrocomputing ports are going to have to start finding new ways forward, we can't keep holding the distro back 2025-07-24 16:38:49 <anonym> perhaps a retrocomputing based os, or a forked apt they maintain for those arches 2025-07-24 16:39:13 <anonym> if I had my way, we'd drop all 32 bit arches as installable, and keep i386 around for a bit longer 2025-07-24 20:20:44 juliank I'm not gonna wait forever, <anonym> :D 2025-07-24 20:22:06 juliank I was saying EOY, but I'm open to May 2026 2025-07-24 20:25:06 <anonym> nice :) -- debian developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev ubuntu core developer i speak de, en
