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In other settings I can add a new feature to one of my dependencies and start using it within days or weeks. You're telling me you prefer having to wait years t
by seoaeu 5y ago
In other settings I can add a new feature to one of my dependencies and start using it within days or weeks. You're telling me you prefer having to wait years to get any newly implemented feature?
- notyourday 5y agoOS should not ship your language run time. OS is a giant cargo ship. It does not turn on a dime and it is not piloted by a "lets rewrite it in rust!" crew.
- tomc1985 5y agoSo add a couple of vendor repos and jump the versions queue like everyone else. I do this for all my main dependencies... postgres, ruby, etc
- robertlagrant 5y agoCan you give an example?
- seoaeu 5y agoSure. In the Rust ecosystem, if you submit a pull request to a library it is very common for the maintainer to release a new version soon after. Even patches to the Rust compiler repository are released to stable in a matter of a few months (and the very next day for the nightly channel that many people use) There's always workarounds and so forth, but it is really empowering to be able to have an impact over such a short timespan
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoUnironically yes. I would love to be done with the endless version churn and would trade many, though not all, features to get it.