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Re:The modern packager’s security nightmare by sanxiyn on Sunday February 21, 2021 @05:50PM (#26218153)
> a handful of flashy programs

This only works if "core" refuses to use Rust, so it's not sustainable. We already can't build Firefox and GNOME without Rust. Maybe Apache and curl next. And then?

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Re:The modern packager’s security nightmare by ticviking on Sunday February 21, 2021 @07:54PM (#26219186)
We may be forced to work for free to make rusts build less of a pain. Or to abandon those projects which have abandoned us.
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