Re:Rewriting Sysctl(8) in Rust: Systeroid
by chaxor on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @11:21AM
(#31084350)
Security risks, faster deprecation, and less flexibility.
If another dependency changes it's api, you immediately have a problem. Your answer may be to fix the version to a static value abd forget about it - but if a security vulnerability is found in that dependency afterward, what do you do? You probably won't even catch it.
If another dependency changes it's api, you immediately have a problem. Your answer may be to fix the version to a static value abd forget about it - but if a security vulnerability is found in that dependency afterward, what do you do? You probably won't even catch it.