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yurimodin

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Registered: 2025-06-09

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Debian looking to switch to the non-GNU Rust based uutils

Does this mean anything for us and are there any plans to go full fork if it does????

https://youtu.be/pcHSQM1LKi4?si=wJqMLLuyc0nMiuhR

Uityyy

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From: Central Texas

Registered: 2026-05-12

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Re: Debian looking to switch to the non-GNU Rust based uutils

I recommend reading the actual Debian mailing list discussion from the beginning
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2 … 00315.html

The uutils lead posted on the uutils website that Debian was moving towards switching, and a GNU coreutils maintainer got concerned that a decision might have been made behind his back. The community quickly clarified that no such decision had been made; the uutils lead had simply posted misinformation.
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golinux

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Registered: 2016-11-25

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Re: Debian looking to switch to the non-GNU Rust based uutils

Personally, I would not trust ANY assurance/statement coming from Debian and it concerns me that you would even consider accepting it at face value.

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