Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 12 Jul 2020 15:31:51 +0300 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: Linux kernel in-tree Rust support |
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On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 11:41:47AM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote: >... > but also a larger question of "should we do > this?" or "how might we place limits on where this can be used?" >...
I won't attend, but I do have a topic that should be covered:
Firefox always depends on recent Rust, which forces distributions to update Rust in stable releases.
As an example: Ubuntu LTS releases upgrade to a new Rust version every 1-2 months. Ubuntu 16.04 started with Rust 1.7.0 and is now at Rust 1.41.0.
It would not sound good to me if security updates of distribution kernels might additionally end up using a different version of the Rust compiler - the toolchain for the kernel should be stable.
Would Rust usage in the kernel require distributions to ship a "Rust for Firefox" and a "Rust for the kernel"?
> Thanks, > ~Nick Desaulniers
cu Adrian
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