Subj : Re: Ubuntu replaces core
To   : Barry Martin
From : Ky Moffet
Date : Wed Oct 29 2025 08:35:00

BARRY MARTIN wrote:
> Hi Ky!
> 
>   >   KM> ....with new versions written in Rust, and hilarity ensues.
>   >   KM> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3JqErfYGWk
>   > Looks like I won't be "upgrading" for a version or two!
>   KM> Yeah, I wouldn't either.
>   KM> When basic functions like dd don't work.... that's a problem!
>   
> Definitely!  Not sure if dd is the base for all or most forms of file
> copying but is a well-used utility.
> 
> Almost sounds like the version was put out to keep with the April and
> October schedule.  Nice in theory, obviously this one should have been
> delayed (if not scrapped).

Yeah, obviously. But it wasn't to keep schedule, it was whiney brats 
going "You can't make me!" They've set their hearts on swapping out 
C/C++ for Rust, and when numerous actual programmers pointed out the 
problems with Rust, the whiney brats went "DO IT NOW!" and the question 
of ready or not went out the window.

The theory is that Rust is "memory safe" by default, but turns out you 
still need to have programmers who actually know what they're doing, and 
Rust, being the cool kid on the block, has attracted a lot of rather 
novice hands at the task, and it wasn't just a matter of swapping out 
functions.
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