A fun article from Microsoft
A fun article from Microsoft
Posted Nov 26, 2025 11:59 UTC (Wed) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)In reply to: A fun article from Microsoft by cyperpunks
Parent article: APT Rust requirement raises questions
> The best side effect of the shared libs mantra is that responsibility is clear, it's up to the owner/maintainer of the problematic package to get the fix available in repos.
And if the repo is an unresponsive 3rd party? The trouble is there are too many 3rd parties (upstream AND downstream) in the linux eco-system, and if you're unlucky enough to be dealing with one that doesn't have the bandwidth to deal with your particular problem (isn't that the norm?) ...
Cheers,
Wol