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+title = "Extending the coreutils project - Rewriting base tools in Rust "
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+date = 2024-02-17
+authors = ["Sylvestre Ledru", "Terts Diepraam"]
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+Over the last 4 years, we have been working at reimplementing some of the key linux tools in Rust. We started with the Coreutils and Findutils.
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+As we are getting closer to parity with the GNU implementation of the Coreutils, we have been thinking about what is next.
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+Given the overwhelming positive feedback around this initiative, we are going to extend our efforts to rewrite other part of the modern Linux/Unix/Mac stack in Rust. We also noticed a lot of contributions on these projects coming for a lot of different contributors.
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+For the next projects, we are using the same approach: dropped-in replacement of the GNU C implementation. For consistency purposes and not interested by a license debate, we are going to use the MIT license.
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+For now, we are going to focus on:
+* util-linux
+* bsdutils
+* procps
+* diffutils (transfer by Michael Howell)
+* acl
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+As they are part of the essential packages on Debian & Ubuntu.
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+We are also glad to announced that TODO transfered their implementation of the diffutils under uutils.
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+Sylvestre Ledru, Terts and Daniel