<rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >>So my impression is that the main contention here is a concern that worsening the >>portability will make it harder to push out security fixes in either direction. But I >>don't think that's necessarily the case. Even if it is, I would again hope that the track >>record of the folks on the git-security list would suggest that we'd do the right thing >>and not abandon users on older platforms the moment Rust is introduced into the >>codebase. > > This is indeed my concern and hope, Taylor, as the maintainer for a platform that is > feeling abandoned. Please note that HPE NonStop is an actively maintained and > vendor supported commercial platform based on x86_64 POSIX, just not a > Linux/Windows machine. Thanks for a friendly conversation, but I would have to say that Taylor's "we know we end up having to support both, and we will do so" is way underestimates the cost to do so. And I hope that an actively maintained and vendor supported commercial platform would bear the burden of the major part of that cost themselves, when it becomes necessary to do such a dual support. Thanks.
