[HN Gopher] Debian Mandates Rust for Apt, Reshaping Ubuntu and O...
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       Debian Mandates Rust for Apt, Reshaping Ubuntu and Other Linux
       Distros
        
       Author : CrankyBear
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2025-11-11 21:03 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | bgwalter wrote:
       | This seems to be the latest open source magazine that quotes the
       | developers in power and in the end rationalizes whatever those in
       | power do. In this case it is telling everyone to learn Rust (as
       | if that is enough for a successful port).
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       | Other objections like requiring 130 packages for a cryptographic
       | application and inflated binary sizes are not mentioned.
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       | See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45779860
        
         | hedora wrote:
         | Supply chain attacks are a real concern. Something like cargo
         | vet could help.
         | 
         | The binary size issue should be less fundamental. Rust could
         | provide better support for dynamic linking, but to be useful,
         | the shared library packages would need to be part of a linux
         | distribution.
        
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