On Thu, Sep 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> wrote: > The only reason why we want to have it as an optional component is to > make the transitioning period easier for downstream distributors. And > the intent is not to convert major components -- it should be trivial > components that we can use as test balloons, similar to how we did it > for all of our C99 test balloons. > > We cannot just pull the rug away under their feet without advance notice > that this is going to happen. I think making Rust optional for at least 1 version is a viable path. I'm not opposed to that idea; it was just easier to develop and talk about Rust as a hard dependency. I needed to know if making Rust optional was in demand before spending any significant time on that.
