Debian to require Rust as of May 2026

Post Syndicated from corbet original https://lwn.net/Articles/1044496/

Julian Andres Klode has announced that the
Debian APT package-management tool will acquire “hard Rust
dependencies
sometime after May 2026. “If you maintain a port
without a working Rust toolchain, please ensure it has one within the next
6 months, or sunset the port.