RE: [TOPIC 01/11] Rust

From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Date: Sep 20, 2024, 16:20 UTC
Message-ID: <053f01db0b79$0d885b30$28991190$@nexbridge.com>
In-Reply-To: <Zu2D/b1ZJbTlC1ml@nand.local>

On September 20, 2024 10:18 AM, Taylor Blau wrote:

>* Kyle: Rust code in the Git project; do we want it? Why would we want
>  it?
>* Elijah: Anybody other than Randall that objects to it?

To be honest, I do not fundamentally object to Rust. My problem is that the Rust team is not supporting including NonStop as a platform. I would love to be able to do the port, but it is not up to me - it is up to Rust's permission (or lack of in this case) to support NonStop, and I do not see this changing in my life-time. Depending on a piece of technology where control of where it runs is outside of git's control is not responsible, in my view. It restricts where git can run, and excludes platforms that currently use a critical piece of infrastructure (git). I have tens of thousands of people in my community who depend on git on a daily basis, and simply kicking them off because of a decision, or lack of decision, that some unrelated dependency controls should be (unfortunately does not appear to be for git) a showstopper.

I am just the vocal one who is paying attention to the issue.

Sincerely, Randall