Im not sure how much i can help since i dont know anything about rust I checked
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/anki But its not been touched in a long time Where do you keep your development? On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 11:19 AM Julian Gilbey <jul...@d-and-j.net> wrote: > 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 >
