This is a follow-up to Jon’s original post on Carefully (but purposefully) oxidising Ubuntu and Julian’s migration spec for 25.10. We promised transparency throughout this process, and this post is written in that spirit. What happened after the announcement Following the decision to adopt rust-coreutils, we got to work. Any package shipped by default in Ubuntu must be promoted to Ubuntu Main, which requires passing a thorough security review. We quickly assembled an internal team spanning Ubun...
I didn’t. Though I do think there’s a reason why Linux is actively developing by corporations and FreeBSD while being used by corps is not.
That’s not what the project is now though, it’s a project that in effect relicenses core system components under the pretence of using safer language.
Obviously not for you but given how license concerns turn up each time, it is for many people.