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Re:Rust Coreutils 0.5.0 Release: 87.75% compatibility with G... by mzajc on Monday December 15, 2025 @11:24AM (#46276570)
> edge cases and corners that most people wouldn’t notice.

This is a horrible mindset for developing software people are supposed to rely on.

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Re:Rust Coreutils 0.5.0 Release: 87.75% compatibility with G... by steveklabnik on Monday December 15, 2025 @01:35PM (#46278461)
Every project prioritizes bugs. It is impossible to work on everything all at once.
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Re:Rust Coreutils 0.5.0 Release: 87.75% compatibility with G... by pseudalopex on Monday December 15, 2025 @04:46PM (#46281172)
This discussion is not about priorities in 1 project. It is about the replacement of a more mature project by a less mature project.
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Re:Rust Coreutils 0.5.0 Release: 87.75% compatibility with G... by steveklabnik on Monday December 15, 2025 @06:08PM (#46282193)
It is about discovering how less mature a project is so that its maturity can be improved. Nothing has been replaced yet. That decision will be made once its maturity has been evaluated.
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Re:Rust Coreutils 0.5.0 Release: 87.75% compatibility with G... by pseudalopex on Monday December 15, 2025 @07:58PM (#46283343)
> It is about discovering how less mature a project is so that its maturity can be improved.

Must I repeat? You should assume everyone understands how Ubuntu's decision would benefit this project. You should assume most Ubuntu users do not care.

> Nothing has been replaced yet.

Do you believe non LTS releases are not releases? Do you believe defaults do not matter? Do you believe --allow-remove-essential is safe and should be recommended to all users?

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