Why don't they just upgrade GCC to a more recent version. GCC still actively supports SPARC to this date and Rust support is also present and while not perfect, it definitely works.
So, while I don't really have a problem with removing SPARC support from Illumos which I wouldn't be using on SPARC systems anyway, the reasons mentioned in the document aren't convincing me at all.
So, while I don't really have a problem with removing SPARC support from Illumos which I wouldn't be using on SPARC systems anyway, the reasons mentioned in the document aren't convincing me at all.
FWIW, we still support sparc64 in Debian Ports:
> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/current/