Re: Anything I do with the Rust team?

[sylvestredeb@ledru.info]

On 2021-08-30 09:38, Gard Spreemann wrote:
> Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org> writes:
>
> > Le 27/08/2021 à 19:21, Gard Spreemann a écrit :
> > > 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?
> >
> > Correct. For now, we haven't put much efforts into making them 
> > available
> > for Rust developers.
> >
> > They are here to build the rust binaries.
>
> Got it. It does seem to provide for a pretty smooth experience,
> though. I've managed to get quite far with
>
>  [net]
>  offline = true
>  [source]
>  [source.crates-io]
>  replace-with = "debian"
>  [source.debian]
>  directory = "/usr/share/cargo/registry"
>
> in my cargo config, and installing Debian packages for the few crates I
> use in my project. So I'm happy!
Oh, cool stuff. Could you please document this in debcargo conf readme 
file?

Thanks
Sylvestre

> > > Are there any writeups on the Debian Rust tooling I should read?
> >
> > Sure
> >
> > https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/RustPackaging
> >
> > https://salsa.debian.org/rust-team/debcargo-conf/blob/master/README.rst
> >
> > https://blog.hackeriet.no/packaging-a-rust-project-for-debian/
> >
> > are great references!
>
> Thanks!
>
> > > Any big items on the agenda going forward?
> >
> > bat dependencies needs to be updated.
> >
> > The list of great rust applications is growing:
> >
> > https://github.com/rust-unofficial/awesome-rust
> >
> > There are also a few ideas here:
> >
> > https://salsa.debian.org/rust-team/debcargo-conf/-/blob/master/TODO.rst
>
> Wonderful. I'll take a look.
>
>
>  Best,
>  Gard