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Re:Hard Rust requirements from May onward for all Debian ports by fanf2 on Saturday November 01, 2025 @10:11AM (#45781769)
Before apt, the main user interface for dpkg was dselect, which was written in C++
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Re:Hard Rust requirements from May onward for all Debian ports by einpoklum on Saturday November 01, 2025 @03:20PM (#45784497)
But doesn't this actually strengthen my point? Debian transitioned from a tool written in a more demanding language to a tool written in a less-demanding one.
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