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I admire what you're doing, but I find the assertion that Windows is a first-class Rust platform difficult to square with your repeated requests for more Window

I admire what you're doing, but I find the assertion that Windows is a first-class Rust platform difficult to square with your repeated requests for more Windows volunteers to make that happen. Windows developers are everywhere. Why doesn't Mozilla hire some Windows experts for the Rust team?

pavlov 13y ago
Agreed. The message from Mozilla is that "Windows is really important to us, please come do it". Meanwhile they're paying for the development of yet another Unix-style package manager. Clearly there is a list of priorities that guide these investments, and Windows support doesn't rank very high on that list.
- kibwen 13y ago
  > Meanwhile they're paying for the development of yet > another Unix-style package manager. A package manager that will be platform-independent, and thus benefit Windows devs as well. At Rust's current state it's hardly surprising that they've chosen to allocate resources to efforts that will benefit all platforms equally. Meanwhile, the community for every platform but Windows is chomping at the bit to submit improvements. No doubt they're still holding out for the Windows community to do the same, without having to resort to hiring a dev specifically for Windows. But it will happen, if it has to. In the meantime, if you know any experienced Windows devs looking for jobs working on Rust, please point them towards http://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/o3VZWfwD http://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/o3VZWfwD
kibwen 13y ago
Mozilla is continually hiring new people to work on Rust. They haven't yet hired any Windows experts because better Windows integration is merely a high priority, and not the highest priority (that would be stabilizing the design of the language itself). If you know any Windows devs with the appropriate experience, it couldn't hurt to have them apply: http://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/o3VZWfwD http://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/o3VZWfwD

pavlov 13y ago

Agreed. The message from Mozilla is that "Windows is really important to us, please come do it". Meanwhile they're paying for the development of yet another Unix-style package manager. Clearly there is a list of priorities that guide these investments, and Windows support doesn't rank very high on that list.

kibwen 13y ago
> Meanwhile they're paying for the development of yet > another Unix-style package manager. A package manager that will be platform-independent, and thus benefit Windows devs as well. At Rust's current state it's hardly surprising that they've chosen to allocate resources to efforts that will benefit all platforms equally. Meanwhile, the community for every platform but Windows is chomping at the bit to submit improvements. No doubt they're still holding out for the Windows community to do the same, without having to resort to hiring a dev specifically for Windows. But it will happen, if it has to. In the meantime, if you know any experienced Windows devs looking for jobs working on Rust, please point them towards http://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/o3VZWfwD http://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/o3VZWfwD

kibwen 13y ago

Mozilla is continually hiring new people to work on Rust. They haven't yet hired any Windows experts because better Windows integration is merely a high priority, and not the highest priority (that would be stabilizing the design of the language itself). If you know any Windows devs with the appropriate experience, it couldn't hurt to have them apply: http://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/o3VZWfwD http://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/o3VZWfwD