Re: Re: The Case for Rust (in the base system)

don't mind me, I'm just here to reply to something I actually know about

-------- Original Message --------
On 21/01/2024 02:06, Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp> wrote:

>  
>  One way to go could be moving programs rewritten with rust to ports.
>  There are some programs (not in rust, though) moved to ports, like rcs.
>  
>  Currently, it would not be so realistic, but once we completely switch
>  to pkgbase, IIUC, programs in base can sanely depemd on ports programs,
>  excluding kernel and fundamental libraries.
>  

PkgBase is meant to package base.

If pkg gains that feature, we might "recommend" some ports, but i think our base needs to stay self-contained, just as it currently is. 

Kind regards,

Mina