Re: A Demo of rust-in-base

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 08:41:32 UTC
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Alan Somers writes:

> If the fusefs test suite were external, [...]
> Any user running the tests would need to build the
> port about once per month, if they track stable/13. [...]

I understand that, and I share your pain:  I've been
there myself with code I have maintained for customers.

But isn't this a transient problem ?  I would expect fusefs,
like everything else, to settle down over time ?

Also: How many people are we talking about, world-wide ?

A dozen ?  Four dozens ?

Adding Rust to src would inconvenience /everybody/, every time they
do a "make buildworld".

The solution is not to add Rust to src.

The solution is to get rid of the "Src is the holy ivory tower,
everything else is barbarians" mentality, which have gotten us into
trouble with ISDN, ATM, Perl and much else over the years.

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