Re: [PATCH v3 02/15] xdiff: introduce rust

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 27, 2025, 20:22 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqh5xszf91.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <aK9mx2XemppIaKVI@nand.local>

Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

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> (As an aside, I mentioned in my earlier email to Randall that I have a
> suspicion that Rust code will have fewer security issues than C code,
> and so the likelihood of needing to backport a security fix from Rust to
> C seems lower to me than having to simply patch old C code. Time will
> tell, I guess.)

Just like back when scripted Porcelains were rewritten in C, in 5 years, when a lot of the existing C code is rewritten, who among us would care to backport or "simply patch" old C code?

This of course assumes that these platforms that lack Rust still lack Rust after 5 years, yet still matters to the users, and the vendor does not care to support Git themselves. Maybe one of these three conditions would change and make the problem go away ;-)