linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/13] docs: rust: quick-start: add section on Linux distributions

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Message-ID: <CANiq72=A-PZ6LoUiVQuOvN2hMVvd5pJ42OKPW61FXNrnYU+WBg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 15:46:35 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Fabian Grünbichler <debian@...ian.gruenbichler.email>
Cc: Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@...il.com>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, 
	Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/13] docs: rust: quick-start: add section on Linux distributions

On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 3:09 PM Fabian Grünbichler
<debian@...ian.gruenbichler.email> wrote:
>
> right now it is updated whenever its rdeps (firefox and chromium in
> stable) need newer versions. once e.g. a stable Debian kernel has
> similar requirements, I guess the same would apply there. I am not sure
> upstream kernel development on Debian stable would be enough of an
> argument to update it (or provide similar packages), but I am not a
> member of the teams that would make that decision.

That is reasonable.

> as discussed off-list, -backports might be a better place for providing
> more recent toolchain packages on Debian stable, and independent from
> this thread, I have pondered providing them there in the past already.
> backports would only ship one version as well though, and at most the
> one in testing (so it would also be affected by the freeze period, just
> like unstable and testing).

I imagine that could be useful for some (kernel or not) developers on
stable, even with the freeze period.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel