On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 10:15:55PM +0200, Alberto Fuentes wrote:
> Package: anki
> Version: 2.1.15+dfsg-1
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Upstream version is 2.1.22. Almost 9 months of fixes :)
>
> Cheers!
Hi Alberto,
Since the latest version in Debian, upstream have started using Rust
as part of the Anki package. They are also now building Anki using
their own Rust program (called maturin). This is making packaging the
newer releases for Debian significantly challenging, as it require
liaising with the Rust team and learning a whole new packaging
environment. Rust has lots of little modules ("crates"), each of
which is packaged separately, and the version dependencies are pretty
horrendous. I spent a day a couple of weeks ago trying to figure it
all out, and learnt lots. But it's probably most of a week's work to
get the whole thing to work, and I haven't yet had the time to do
this.
If you're able to help, it would be hugely appreciated!
Best wishes,
Julian
