#debian-rust Meeting

Meeting summary

1. roll call (ncts, 17:59:32)
   
2. CI & salsa integration, dashboard (ncts, 18:05:37)
   1. https://debian-rust-ci.hackeriet.no/public-dashboards/7f1cbd7469964b9ebe9028b3d9e56deb?orgId=1 (f_g, 18:07:16)
   2. IDEA: linting, d/copyright for a start (ncts, 18:11:19)
   3. ACTION: capitol to build something out to check for d/copyright and debcargo.toml as a start (ncts, 18:24:33)
   4. https://salsa.debian.org/rust-team/debcargo/-/blob/master/.gitlab-ci.yml btw - that one is pretty nice and straightforward :) (f_g, 18:25:01)
   
   
3. status update on src:cargo merge with src:rustc (ncts, 18:32:36)
   1. https://salsa.debian.org/rust-team/rust/-/merge_requests/27 (f_g, 18:34:50)
   2. progess a bit slower than expected, but should be done soon (f_g, 18:35:42)
   3. f_g: need to properly arrange files and Suggests/Recommends among packages for rustc (ncts, 18:41:11)
   4. https://bugs.debian.org/1021868 (ncts, 18:41:40)
   
   
4. BoF at FOSDEM (ncts, 18:44:22)
   1. https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/talk/review/XY8RVXKD98AUN3XSTTHGW9DMEHKSVGA7 (f_g, 18:47:57)
   2. BoF for distro/upstream exchange at fosdem (f_g, 18:48:12)
   
   
5. transitions and general documentation improvement (ncts, 18:50:45)
   1. https://salsa.debian.org/rust-team/debcargo-conf/-/issues/57#note_459134 (jamessan, 18:55:34)
   2. ACTION: werdahias plans for new gtk-rs release (ncts, 19:02:02)
   3. ACTION: f_g will go for hyper & co. in later weeks (ncts, 19:02:23)
   4. plugwash suggests transitioning hyper would be a "big bang" (ncts, 19:04:20)
   5. https://debian.pages.debian.net/ben/ (jamessan, 19:04:45)
   6. https://debian.pages.debian.net/ben/ (f_g, 19:04:45)
   7. https://release.debian.org/transitions/ (f_g, 19:05:00)
   8. jamessan works on alacritty update, which involves a lot of intertwined packages, including wayland 0.29 -> 0.31 (ncts, 19:06:35)
   9. ACTION: f_g play around with ben and see if it's a good fit for bigger future transitions (f_g, 19:10:01)
   10. ACTION: werdahias writes a wiki page about building cdylibs (ncts, 19:20:13)
   11. f_g suggests wasm things might also need the care (ncts, 19:22:23)
   
   
6. lots of semver packages taged in experimental (ncts, 19:26:33)
   
7. next meeting (ncts, 19:33:49)

Action items

1. capitol to build something out to check for d/copyright and debcargo.toml as a start
2. werdahias plans for new gtk-rs release
3. f_g will go for hyper & co. in later weeks
4. f_g play around with ben and see if it's a good fit for bigger future transitions
5. werdahias writes a wiki page about building cdylibs

Action items, by person

1. capitol
   1. capitol to build something out to check for d/copyright and debcargo.toml as a start
2. f_g
   1. f_g will go for hyper & co. in later weeks
   2. f_g play around with ben and see if it's a good fit for bigger future transitions
3. werdahias
   1. werdahias plans for new gtk-rs release
   2. werdahias writes a wiki page about building cdylibs

People present (lines said)

1. f_g (72)
2. ncts (72)
3. capitol (21)
4. werdahias (18)
5. jamessan (16)
6. plugwash_ (3)
7. MeetBot (2)
8. count_omega (1)
9. weepingclown (1)