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). > > 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. > I'm part of the rust team in Guix and previously made it to Debconf in Kosovo and India but won't be able to make it this year. I'd love to follow along if this session is streamed. We are currently overhauling our rust packaging and I'm curious how packaging in Debian is currently handled. -- Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> אפרים פלשנר GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted
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