So Far Rust in Ubuntu Has Turned Out to be an Expensive Mistake
But who pays the price?
Ubuntu's latest release is just over a month old and there are already serious security issues in its Rust-based copycat (not re-implementation) of sudo and severe compatibility issues in its Rust-based copycat (not re-implementation) of GNU's coreutils.
Did we see this coming?
Yes!
Even well before the release there were many signs of trouble. Legitimate concerns, too.
But just like with Wayland pushers, we're meant to simply "wish away" the worries and real difficulties.
Back in March we asked: "Is Ubuntu Compromised?"
With just 4 weeks left in the year we can say yes. Yes, it is certainly seeming or feeling like the wrong people are in charge and they make bad decisions based on false reasoning. █