Bug#1000472: bullseye-pu: package rustc-mozilla/1.51.0+dfsg1-1~deb11u1

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

On Tue, 2021-11-23 at 15:20 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> In preparing the rustc 1.51 upload/backport (to support backports of
> the
> latest firefox-esr and thunderbird packages) it has been suggested
> that
> to avoid some issues associated with providing a significant new
> version
> of rustc in the rustc binary package (along with the associated
> library
> packages), that I prepare the 1.51 rustc package with a different
> name.
> Following the model of what was done for gcc, nasm, and nodejs, I was
> considering source package rustc-mozilla with a single binary package
> (also rustc-mozilla) to ensure that rdeps don't end up getting
> surprised
> by a new rustc.  Would this be considered acceptable for the bullseye
> and buster uploads of rustc 1.51?
> 

I think that sounds sensible, given that bullseye currently has 1.48
(and buster 1.41).

As a matter of interest, why was 1.51 the version chosen? I'm mostly
curious as that version is not currently in any suite in Debian.

Regards,

Adam