From: glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de 
  
 Hello, 
  
 On Fri, 2025-10-31 at 21:48 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: 
 > I plan to introduce hard Rust dependencies and Rust code into  
 > APT, no earlier than May 2026. This extends at first to the 
 > Rust compiler and standard library, and the Sequoia ecosystem. 
 > 
 > In particular, our code to parse .deb, .ar, .tar, and the 
 > HTTP signature verification code would strongly benefit 
 > from memory safe languages and a stronger approach to 
 > unit testing. 
 > 
 > If you maintain a port without a working Rust toolchain, 
 > please ensure it has one within the next 6 months, or 
 > sunset the port. 
 > 
 > It's important for the project as whole to be able to 
 > move forward and rely on modern tools and technologies 
 > and not be held back by trying to shoehorn modern software 
 > on retro computing devices. 
 > 
 > Thank you for your understanding. 
  
 I find this particular wording rather unpleasant and very unusual to 
 what I'm used to from Debian in the past. I have to admit that I'm a 
 bit disappointed that such a confrontational approach has been chosen. 
  
 Thanks, 
 Adrian 
  
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