Re: Backport rust-all to bookworm

26.08.2024 08:20, Alexander Wirt wrote:
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> In general - speaking also as an ftpmaster - I am a bit more relaxed. Rust is one
> of those statically compiled languages. That means that uploads to backports have a much
> lower chance to break anything in stable. Therefore I would be fine with those backports.
> 
> However, you should ensure that the rust team is also fine with those uploads and don't see any
> problems with such a backport.

The problem with rust crates backports is different, -
it is not about breaking existing stuff in stable.

The problem is that for most even trivial stuff, you need to backport
a large number of dependencies, and ensure other already backported
crates continue working.  Backporting a single crate is already complex,
and backporting a whole lot, and updating their deps is something
entirely different.  Hopefully you don't hit something on this way
which requires a more recent compiler.

I consider rust to be basically un-back-portable.

/mjt