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Debian's APT Will Soon Begin Requiring Rust: Debian Ports Need To Adapt Or Be Sunset (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] undu@discuss.tchncs.de 50 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There's time until March for the maintainers of the 3 niche architectures to organize and make rust available for them. Doesn't sound that abrupt to me

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For small niches, six months can be rather aprupt.

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago

My niche can take 5 days or 5 months, depending on ADHD

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wasn't there a Rust-to-C compiler that would circumvent this limitation?

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Yes. There is also a GCC front-end for Rust (does not go to C first).