Re: Hard Rust requirements from May onward
On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> 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
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