Re: rust-build-system from antioxidant

[Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>]

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Op 02-06-2023 om 20:02 schreef Nicolas Graves:
> 
> A few months ago, Maxime Devos worked on a new rust-build-system to
> handle a few issues we were experiencing with cargo (see discussions on
> antioxidant in guix-devel).
> 
> A month ago, we discussed about the possibility of the integration in
> core guix, and the required steps. Maxime and I had a different
> approach. Maxime highlighted the possibility to make a smooth transition
> but once that would require many gradual changes and deprecation. My
> approach was that since we'll have to eventually migrate all packages to
> rust-build-system, and since we can freeze all former rust packages in
> an archive channel, I would be clearer to make the transition at once.
 > [...]

Actually, I started out with the non-gradual approach, but that was 
overruled by Ludo', IIRC.

Greetings,
Maxime.

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