Re:Hard Rust requirements from May onward for all Debian ports
by tsimionescu on Sunday November 02, 2025 @05:13PM
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I'm sure that's true for 5-10 year old tech, as the market has changed significantly. But I'd bet you'll be very hard pressed to find any businesses running on Alpha or HP-PA or whatever other ancient architectures might not have a Rust compiler available. Especially so if you were to look for businesses running modern Debian on such systems...
There's a non-negligble amount of "handed-down" refurbished hardware from developed to developing. PCs and servers that are already 5+yo and out of market at installation.