Re: Hard Rust requirements from May onward

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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

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=E2=80=AFPM 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
>

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div>Thanks for your hard work on this -</div><div dir=3D=
"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">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&#39;s crypto ecosystem</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br=
></div><div dir=3D"auto">However, it&#39;s definitely more of a symptom rat=
her 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.=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><=
div dir=3D"auto">Paul</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail=3D"gmail_sign=
ature">:wq</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 4:49=E2=80=AFPM=
 Julian Andres Klode &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</=
a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 =
0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
<br>
I plan to introduce hard Rust dependencies and Rust code into<br>
APT, no earlier than May 2026. This extends at first to the<br>
Rust compiler and standard library, and the Sequoia ecosystem.<br>
<br>
In particular, our code to parse .deb, .ar, .tar, and the<br>
HTTP signature verification code would strongly benefit<br>
from memory safe languages and a stronger approach to<br>
unit testing.<br>
<br>
If you maintain a port without a working Rust toolchain,<br>
please ensure it has one within the next 6 months, or<br>
sunset the port.<br>
<br>
It&#39;s important for the project as whole to be able to<br>
move forward and rely on modern tools and technologies<br>
and not be held back by trying to shoehorn modern software<br>
on retro computing devices.<br>
<br>
Thank you for your understanding.<br>
-- <br>
debian developer - <a href=3D"http://deb.li/jak" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferr=
er" target=3D"_blank">deb.li/jak</a> | <a href=3D"http://jak-linux.org" rel=
=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">jak-linux.org</a> - free softw=
are dev<br>
ubuntu core developer=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 i speak de, en<br>
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