is macports getting rusty?

[Mark Anderson]

I think this is more a reflection of the open source landscape than
anything we're doing.

py-cryptography, for example, is 8% Rust, according to Github. I don't know
when they added it, but the latest version needs it. Same goes for rav1e.
It's one-third Rust.

Along with Go, you're going to see more and more Rust. I think the only way
around that is waiting for a binary package.

—Mark
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On Sun, Nov 28, 2021 at 11:37 PM Kastus Shchuka <macports at tprfct.net> wrote:

> Dear macports users,
>
> Recently, more and more ports began to depend on rust and cargo.
>
> Maybe rust is a wonderful language that will solve all problems of the
> world. I just wonder, if it is so good, why it takes forever and a day
> (literally)  to compile? I've never seen anything taking that long to
> build.
>
> I've been using graphviz port for over 10 years, I guess. I had to delete
> it today.
>
> graphviz depends on gd2. gd2 depends on libheif. libheif depends on rav1e.
> Now rav1e started depending on cargo-c, nasm, clang-13, cargo.
> An attempt to upgrade rav1e launched a build of cargo-c which I had to
> kill as I did not have luxary to wait for tens of hours for it to finish.
>
> I either have to keep outdated ports or stop using them and delete.
> Unfortunately, the usable surface of macports started shrinking for me (or
> should I call it "rusting"?).
>
> Another example is py-cryptography, which now requires rust to build.
> Until binary package was made available, it took me over a day to upgrade
> py-cryptography.
>
> I also now have a broken ImageMagic because its dependency chain pulls in
> rust. And the list goes on and on.
>
> I doubt people who rushed rust into macports are going to reconsider their
> decisions. I am just sharing my experience with this "rusting"
>
> Thank you for reading.
>
> -Kastus
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