Julian andres klode, an apt maintainer, has announced plans to introduce hard rust dependencies into apt starting may 2026 Debian developers confirm that rust will become a hard dependency for apt starting may 2026, aligning with modern development practices. A maintainer of debian's advanced package tool (apt) has announced plans to introduce hard rust dependencies into apt starting may 2026, reports the blog it's foss Debian's apt package manager will have a hard requirement on rust from may 2026 This move may make some rather big waves I plan to introduce hard rust dependencies and rust code into apt, no earlier than may 2026
This extends at first to the rust compiler and standard library, and the sequoia. Debian developer julian andres klode sent out a message on halloween that may give some debian linux users and developers a spook The apt packaging tool next year will begin requiring a rust compiler This will place a hard requirement by debian linux on rust support for all architectures. Apt to gain rust code from may 2026 as debian modernises its package manager. Debian developer julian andres klode has announced that hard rust dependencies will be introduced into the apt package manager from may 2026
