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Also true, but there's a precedent for Rust developers & shipping their changes without regard for what's being deprecated. [1] [1]: like when PyPI cryptograph
by busterarm 4y ago
Also true, but there's a precedent for Rust developers & shipping their changes without regard for what's being deprecated. [1]
[1]: like when PyPI cryptography first switched to Rust and broke ansible/openwrt/etc.
- ntoskrnl 4y agoThe Linux kernel takes backwards compatibility much more seriously than your typical Python package.
- busterarm 4y agoThe Linux kernel community and Rust community still aren't on the same page on things yet, as you'll learn by reading lwn regularly. We're just not there yet.
- nindalf 4y agoSeems like Linus and Greg and a bunch of people who oversee technical decisions on the Linux kernel are on board though?
- humanwhosits 4y agoAnd they can back-out/revert if they decide to as well
- merb 4y agoansible... btw. ansible breaks basically tons of stuff every release, so no matter if the pypi crytography broke ansible. ansible is already broke. heck they renamed their package in the most stupid way ever...