Re: [RFC PATCH 6/6] contrib/cgit-rs: add a subset of configset wrappers

> Calvin Wan <calvinwan@google.com> writes:
> 
> > "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
> >> ...
> >> Debian stable is the version that most projects who have defined
> >> lifespans track, so it's also what we should track.  According to my
> >> recommended approach, that would be 1.63.
> >
> > ... I also don't think reinventing the wheel with
> > our own implementation makes sense in this case,
> 
> I do agree that we would want to avoid that.
> 
> > and even if Debian were
> > to upgrade stable to a higher version today, we would still need to
> > support oldstable for another year.
> 
> I doubt that part, though.  As long as the rust binding stays an
> optional code, as long as we are supported by the "current" system,
> we would still have enough audience to matter.
> 
> What's the primary objective of this effort, by the way?  
> 
> Is it "we need to access the guts of Git implementation from Rust"?
> Or does it merely serve as an example application to have Rust
> bindings, a good goal to have to give us an incentive to clean up
> the subsystem interactions in our code?  

> If it is the former, we cannot reasonably achieve that goal until
> some form of standardized foreign function interface becomes
> available to wide audience.  If it is the latter, on the other hand,
> it does not have to be Rust---if the version of Rust that is
> distirbuted to the mainstream users is not yet ready to be used in
> such a way, we could pick another goal (like, "Can we clean-up the
> interface cgit uses to call into us, so that the parts used by them
> look more like a proper library?").
> 
> Thanks.