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> basic desktop I actually wish this is feasible, but it isn't. GNOME is basic desktop, GNOME includes librsvg, librsvg build-depends on Rust. So you need to p
by sanxiyn 6y ago
> basic desktop
I actually wish this is feasible, but it isn't. GNOME is basic desktop, GNOME includes librsvg, librsvg build-depends on Rust. So you need to package Rust (hence LLVM) to have GNOME. Your proposal only works if "core OS" refuses to use Rust.
- skybrian 6y agoI think it's likely that there will be "system Rust" which is used to compile libraries used by the OS, but this is independent of the toolchain and crates that most developers use for their own development. In a binary distribution, you don't necessarily need to install the system toolchain, unless you want to work on the system.
- posix_me_less 6y agoYeah I get that. GNOME is a horrible big software. I would not count is as "basic desktop", because it is so big, buggy and dependencies are out of control. Basic desktop, I mean something like Xfce, with modular components and minimal dependencies so the desktop system is simple and unixy. You would still have the option to install GNOME on such a system, if only GNOME developers made a canonical version of GNOME that would be modular, and would install on any clean Linux system with Xorg or Wayland.