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Re:Rewriting essential Linux packages in Rust by silon42 on Sunday March 09, 2025 @03:59PM (#43313115)
... when rewriting Linux system software, I'd only use Rust dependencies from a distro (probably something LTS, like Debian stable, or such).
Re:Rewriting essential Linux packages in Rust by surajrmal on Sunday March 09, 2025 @04:09PM (#43313199)
Given how simple it is to use cargo, and avoiding the per distro dependency problem being one of the reasons people like rust, what are the chances people actually bother doing that? Especially given most dependencies are statically linked