Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:59:45 -0600 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: Ihor Antonov <ihor@antonovs.family> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rust in base Message-ID: <6C860899-4D38-4BD0-AFDB-E44165B0461A@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <775662956.5865.1579896175788.JavaMail.zimbra@antonovs.family> References: <775662956.5865.1579896175788.JavaMail.zimbra@antonovs.family>
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> On Jan 24, 2020, at 2:02 PM, Ihor Antonov <ihor@antonovs.family> = wrote: >=20 > Hi folks,=20 >=20 > As I was reading this article [1] I started wondering what would it = take to bring Rust into base?=20 A side note from user (sysadmin running a bunch of fReeBSD servers), not = FreeBSD developer. We use FreeBSD because the base is slim. Bringing variety of stuff in = the the base will bloat the base system. If I were allowed to express an = opinion, mine would be: strong NO. Just my two cents. Valeri > Examples of Rust code could be kernel modules, or userland utilities.=20= >=20 > I know that this probably is not going to happen without a real = usecase (FreeBSD book states - do not add extra functionality unless a = real task can't be completed without it"), but there is a bootstrapping = problem.=20 > You cannot have rust code until you have rust code unless you have = rust compiler, and rust compiler is written in rust... This could be a = major roadblock for someone who wants to contribute a kernel module or = new tool written in rust.=20 >=20 > There is a growing interest in Rust language and if FreeBSD allows to = add rust code in base it would allow to attract more contributors = interested that are interested in developing operating systems. It would = also be something that Linux does not have.=20 >=20 >=20 > So there are 2 questions:=20 > - technical one: how bootstrapping issue can be solved?=20 > - what does FreeBSD community think of the idea to have Rust in base?=20= >=20 > Thanks.=20 >=20 >=20 > Ihor=20 >=20 >=20 > [1] = https://www.leidinger.net/blog/2019/01/27/strategic-thinking-or-what-i-thi= nk-what-we-need-to-do-to-keep-freebsd-relevant/=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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