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If perfect isn't needed, we might as well stick with the 20+ years old mature codebase, there's no need to move to another language. I mean the "code to parse .
by kasabali 1y ago
If perfect isn't needed, we might as well stick with the 20+ years old mature codebase, there's no need to move to another language. I mean the "code to parse .deb, .ar, .tar," is done and whatever memory bugs should've been already fixed .
Use Rust for evergreen projects by all means, just leave mature tested systems alone, please.
- tialaramex 1y agoOK? So, is your position that Debian is only for software that's old enough to vote? Or maybe Debian should never rely on any software written after 2015?
- kaoD 1y agoI don't follow how from "better but not perfect is better than worse" you conclude that.