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From: Bradford Boyle <bradford.d.boyle@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:38:56 -0700
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> >> Build Process:
> >> Would it be acceptable to install the compiler from https://rustup.rs/
> >> during package building?

My understanding is that Debian policy does not permit downloading
during the build [0].

>
> Can we use cargo vendor?
> https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/commands/cargo-vendor.html
>
>
> We can pack all rust-dependencies in separate tarball.
> That way it will be possible to build packages with single unified behavior for all systems using the same sources.

According to this post [1] on the debian-rust mailing list, "vendoring
should be avoided unless there is a very good reason not to". The Debian
Rust packaging team has a pretty comprehensive guide [2] and it looks
like they have tooling to help assist with the packaging process.

-- Bradford

[0]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2020/12/msg00215.html
[1]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-rust/2024/11/msg00029.html
[2]: https://salsa.debian.org/rust-team/debcargo-conf/blob/master/README.rst