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Re:Hard Rust requirements from May onward for all Debian ports by remexre on Saturday November 01, 2025 @07:06PM (#45786304)
Are there even close to 2% of Debian users using a DEC Alpha?
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Re:Hard Rust requirements from May onward for all Debian ports by throwaway7356 on Sunday November 02, 2025 @10:44AM (#45791132)
popcon.debian.org reports 3 alpha installations and 261750 amd64 installations. Assuming comparable opt-in rates there are less than 0.002% of the users using alpha.

The other mentioned architectures hppa, m68k and sh4 are at a similar level.

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