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

  • Scoopta@programming.dev
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    19 hours ago

    Honestly I wonder when gccrs will become viable as a compiler because that could bring support for some of the more niche CPUs

    • Overspark@piefed.social
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      2 hours ago

      https://lwn.net/Articles/1040197/

      People often ask “when will gccrs be ready?”, he said. It will be ready in one sense — building libcore, though perhaps not compiling it entirely correctly — by early 2026.

      That doesn’t mean it’s actually viable though, but it’s slowly getting there.