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  • uutils received ? 99k as "Debian Rust"

    From Adrian Bunk@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, July 23, 2026 15:20:01
    "Investment Amount
    ?99,060.00
    ...
    The project is led by an experienced Debian maintainer collaborating
    with Rust experts."[1]

    "Title
    Debian Rust
    ...
    Short description
    Debian is one of the most popular Linux distributions.
    ...
    Total value of the procurement
    Value excluding VAT: 99 000,00 EUR
    ...
    Date of contract award decision
    19/09/2023
    ...
    Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
    Official name: Les Bonnes R‚solutions
    Town: Paris"[2]

    "The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

    Explanation:
    The project falls under "advantageous opportunity" pursuant to Section 8 (4) No. 14 UVgO.
    The work is going to performed by long-standing Debian maintainers and
    experts in Rust software development, for Debian with a track record of
    almost 20 years. This is very important and crucial to the success,
    because the Debian community has a very specific approach to outside
    funded work and navigating decisions in this field requires a lot of experience."[2]


    How exactly was this decision navigated in the Debian community?


    cu
    Adrian

    [1] https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/coreutils
    [2] https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/575072-2023

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  • From Steve McIntyre@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, July 23, 2026 16:00:01
    Adrian,

    Naming and shaming individual cases like this is toxic, and does not
    help the discussion at all. Please stop.

    I understand that you have concerns, and many people may agree with
    those concerns and want to discuss them. But really *not* like
    this. You're poisoning the discussion.

    --
    Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com "Further comment on how I feel about IBM will appear once I've worked out
    whether they're being malicious or incompetent. Capital letters are forecast."
    Matthew Garrett, http://www.livejournal.com/users/mjg59/30675.html

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  • From Marco d'Itri@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, July 25, 2026 17:50:01
    steve@einval.com wrote:

    Naming and shaming individual cases like this is toxic, and does not
    help the discussion at all. Please stop.
    There is nothing toxic there: Adrian has reported public facts and
    has made a very reasonable question.

    There is somebody pushing to replace coreutils with a broken
    reimplemenation and vaguely suggesting that Debian is already on board
    with it, so I believe that it is useful to know who is behind this to
    be able to better understand their motives.

    --
    ciao,
    Marco

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