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Debian demands Rust or rust in peace for legacy ports (www.theregister.com)

submitted 1 day ago by cm0002@lemmy.zip to c/linux@programming.dev

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Debian's APT package manager will have a "hard requirement" on Rust from May 2026. This move may make some rather big waves.

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[–] tyranical_typhon@lemmings.world 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

The real concern with replacing C tools with Rust ones is that it's an opportunity for useful idiots/scumbags to change the license to something that benefits corporations at the expense of the public.

We should be ignoring all attempts to subvert copyleft, but I know that's too high of a bar for most of you to reach.

Apple and Sony will be happy, though.