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[-] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

What does this mean for the end-user? By how they worded it...

the APT packaging tool next year will begin requiring a Rust compiler

it seems like you need a Rust compiler as a dependency for simply having Apt installed on your system.

Debian and most distros based on it do not even install a C++ compiler by default, and apt is mostly written in C++.

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