Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:00:48 -0800 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Rust in base Message-ID: <CAHu1Y70UmJB=cgq=an_gqv4ao==H2t5wCxqOudMO_mpX8Ra-pA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200124221319.d4e7fa438cbb1f30da10af2d@sohara.org> References: <775662956.5865.1579896175788.JavaMail.zimbra@antonovs.family> <20200124221319.d4e7fa438cbb1f30da10af2d@sohara.org>
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On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 2:13 PM Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> wrote= : > On Fri, 24 Jan 2020 20:02:55 +0000 (UTC) > Ihor Antonov <ihor@antonovs.family> wrote: > > > So there are 2 questions: > > - technical one: how bootstrapping issue can be solved? > > - what does FreeBSD community think of the idea to have Rust in base? > > Some years back a great deal of work was done to remove perl from > the base so adding Rust (or anything else) would be a step back. An old B= SD > goal is that base should be just enough to be self hosting and be BSD > (removing the traditional games from the base took some discussion). > > As a fellow embedded guy, +1 to what Steve says. Even things in the "Base" should probably have package db entries so they can be removed. Target systems don't necessarily need a compiler or a full tool chain. Then we can converge on a consensus set of basic tools that most people will need, with the opportunity to remove them =E2=80=93 rather than creating a mini/micro/nano-FreeBSD =E2=80=93 Michael --=20 "Well," Brahm=C4=81 said, "even after ten thousand explanations, a fool is = no wiser, but an intelligent person requires only two thousand five hundred." - The Mah=C4=81bh=C4=81rata
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