Re:Announcing the new Rust package manager, Cargo
by ternaryoperator on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @04:08AM
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I admire what you're doing, but I find the assertion that Windows is a first-class Rust platform difficult to square with your repeated requests for more Windows volunteers to make that happen. Windows developers are everywhere. Why doesn't Mozilla hire some Windows experts for the Rust team?
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Re:Announcing the new Rust package manager, Cargo
by kibwen on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @08:24AM
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Mozilla is continually hiring new people to work on Rust. They haven't yet hired any Windows experts because better Windows integration is merely a high priority, and not the highest priority (that would be stabilizing the design of the language itself).
If you know any Windows devs with the appropriate experience, it couldn't hurt to have them apply: http://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/o3VZWfwD
Re:Announcing the new Rust package manager, Cargo
by pavlov on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @04:54AM
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Agreed. The message from Mozilla is that "Windows is really important to us, please come do it". Meanwhile they're paying for the development of yet another Unix-style package manager.
Clearly there is a list of priorities that guide these investments, and Windows support doesn't rank very high on that list.
Re:Announcing the new Rust package manager, Cargo
by kibwen on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @08:33AM
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> Meanwhile they're paying for the development of yet
> another Unix-style package manager.
A package manager that will be platform-independent, and thus benefit Windows devs as well. At Rust's current state it's hardly surprising that they've chosen to allocate resources to efforts that will benefit all platforms equally. Meanwhile, the community for every platform but Windows is chomping at the bit to submit improvements. No doubt they're still holding out for the Windows community to do the same, without having to resort to hiring a dev specifically for Windows. But it will happen, if it has to.In the meantime, if you know any experienced Windows devs looking for jobs working on Rust, please point them towards http://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/o3VZWfwD