Re: Git haas gone wild (Rust)

On Sat, 06 Sep 2025 10:50:11 +0100
"Artur Manuel" <amad@atl.tools> wrote:

> On Fri Sep 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM BST, Michael Osipov wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > you might want to enjoy or discuss: 
> > https://lore.kernel.org/git/20250904-b4-pks-rust-breaking-change-v1-0-3af1d25e0be9@pks.im/T/#t
> >
> > Michael  
> 
> I think this could be an issue for FreeBSD sometimes? I don't think
> adding Rust to Git is done in bad faith, and it will likely fully work,
> but Rust is only "guaranteed to build" on FreeBSD, not guaranteed to
> "work"[1]. There will likely be a point in time where it gets Tier 1
> support and is built alongside Windows, macOS (aarch64) and

The problem aforementioned in that thread is that not all platforms are
supported by Rust.

> Linux, though only with glibc, but for now I think this would be a bad
> idea in defense of FreeBSD. Either way, I am glad to see Perl be used
> less for something like Git. It satisfies my inner vendetta against it.

Perl is much more better than Rust (including safety/security).

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