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An Anonymous Coward writes:

Debian [distrowatch.com] developer Julian Klode has announced [debian.org] intentions to introduce Rust language dependencies into the APT package manager. Since APT is a central tool of the Debian distribution this raises a challenge for ports of the distribution which run on less popular CPU architectures where Rust does not yet exist.

"I plan to introduce hard Rust dependencies and Rust code into APT, no earlier than May 2026. This extends at first to the Rust compiler and standard library, and the Sequoia ecosystem. In particular, our code to parse .deb, .ar, .tar, and the HTTP signature verification code would strongly benefit from memory safe languages and a stronger approach to unit testing. If you maintain a port without a working Rust toolchain, please ensure it has one within the next 6 months, or sunset the port."

In particular it has been pointed out [debian.org] Rust does not run on the alpha, hppa, m68k, and sh4 ports of Debian.

- https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20086 [distrowatch.com]

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