Hi Ian!
On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 06:21:52PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I would like to meet with other people involved in Rust packaging for
> Debian, at Debconf in Brest.
>
> I think there is considerable room for improvement in our workflows
> and the conference is an opportunity to understand the constraints and
> consider our options, outside of the usual day-to-day of packaging.
>
> I've both used the Rust Team tooling, and worked with Jonas's dh-rust,
> which means I feel I have some perspective. Ideally I'd like to get
> together and have a session involving vigorous handwaving and/or
> scrawls on available pieces of paper.
>
> Specific areas where I think we have opportunities for improvement
> include:
> - version dependency handling (automating and removing clerical work)
> - git-native approaches (ie, packaging based on upstream git)
> - workspace-per-a-source-package
> - abolishing feature virtual packages
> - within-Debian-archive metadata management
>
> I don't think we need to come to complete agreement; we already have
> two approaches that coexist relatively well. I'm hoping that we can
> try to converge somewhat.
>
> So:
>
> I'm considering submitting a workshop proposal for Debconf 25. If you
> think this sounds interesting, please LMK (and in particular if you
> have any time constraints, opinions, etc).
Perhaps a BoF could be a good idea? I'm really new in the Team, but I'd
like to hear the opionion of more experince team members :-)
>
> NB this will not be a Rust Team meetup. One of those may well be a
> good idea, too. I don't feel sufficiently embedded in the Rust Team
> to take the lead on organising that.
>
> Regards,
> Ian.
>
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