Wolfgang Silbermayr <wolfgang@silbermayr.at> writes: > On 8/27/21 7:21 PM, Gard Spreemann wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> I'm a DD who recently got excited about Rust. I thought I'd offer up my >> help if the Debian Rust team needs any. Your work so far seems amazing – >> so much so that developing Rust using only crates from librust-*-dev >> Debian packages feels quite comfortable, even though as far as I >> understand that isn't even the intention? > > Hi Gard, > > I'm happy to read you are exited about Rust, that's a passion I share. For me, > Rust in Debian was the reason to start my DM application in the first place, > I've been active in that team for a few years now. > > Most of the times, the packaging process is quite smooth, but there are some > exceptions of course. There are quite a few people being active in the team, > but we have a shortage few DDs are dedicated to sponsoring package uploads, so > supporting the few who do so is welcome for sure. Duly noted. I'll keep this in mind for after I've familiarized myself with the tools used in the team. > Most of the coordination happens in the #debian-rust channel on irc.oftc.net > which is very welcoming and supportive. OK, I'll drop by some day. >> Are there any writeups on the Debian Rust tooling I should read? Any big >> items on the agenda going forward? > > We maintain the structure of the packaging for most packages in a git > repository on salsa [0]. There you find documentation about the procedure and > team organization in the *.rst files. It is also helpful to take a look at the > scripts in the `dev` subdirectory which facilitate certain recurring actions. > > In terms of big items on the agenda, a few areas of the ecosystem that were > packaged before the freeze have seen significant churn in upstream since then, > and we will have to coordinate their uploads and prepare for low impact on > existing functionality (although I expect we can't completely prevent it from > happening). Thanks. Best, Gard
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