I remembered reading about this news back when that first message was posted on the mailing list, and didn't think much of it then (rust has been worming its way into a lot of places over the past few years, just one more thing I tack on for some automation)...
But seeing the maintainer works for Canonical, it seems like the tail (Ubuntu) keeps trying to wag the dog (Debian ecosystem) without much regard for the wider non-Ubuntu community.
I think the whole message would be more palatable if it weren't written as a decree including the dig on "retro computers", but instead positioned only on the merits of the change.
As an end user, it doesn't concern me too much, but someone choosing to add a new dependency chain to critical software plumbing does, at least slightly, if not done for very good reason.
But seeing the maintainer works for Canonical, it seems like the tail (Ubuntu) keeps trying to wag the dog (Debian ecosystem) without much regard for the wider non-Ubuntu community.
I think the whole message would be more palatable if it weren't written as a decree including the dig on "retro computers", but instead positioned only on the merits of the change.
As an end user, it doesn't concern me too much, but someone choosing to add a new dependency chain to critical software plumbing does, at least slightly, if not done for very good reason.