: Memory safety trumps retro computing: Alpha, PA-RISC, m68k, SH4 face the chop in 2026

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

  • Overspark@piefed.socialEnglish
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    6 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.