Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 01:04:32 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r50513 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201707180104.v6I14WlU053442@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Tue Jul 18 01:04:32 2017 New Revision: 50513 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/50513 Log: Add 2017Q2 USES=cargo entry from Tobias Kortkamp Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml Mon Jul 17 22:13:57 2017 (r50512) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml Tue Jul 18 01:04:32 2017 (r50513) @@ -1168,4 +1168,56 @@ <tt>bhyve</tt> and attached to an RBD image.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat="ports"> + <title>A New USES Macro for Porting Cargo-Based Rust Applications</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Tobias</given> + <common>Kortkamp</common> + </name> + <email>tobik@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://www.rust-lang.org/">Rust Homepage</url> + <url href="https://crates.io/">Cargo Homepage</url> + <url href="https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty">Alacritty Homepage</url> + <url href="https://the.exa.website/">Exa Homepage</url> + <url href="https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep">Ripgrep Homepage</url> + <url href="https://asciinema.org/a/SM2sOLi6iBUOmGWrxn5W1QI8U">Short Screencast About How to Use the <tt>USES=cargo</tt> Macro</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>Support in the Ports Collection for applications written in + the Rust programming language that use Rust's package + manager Cargo was added, via a new <tt>USES=cargo</tt> + setting. The work is based on the <tt>cargo</tt> module + from the OpenBSD ports tree.</p> + + <p>This should significantly ease the porting of Rust + applications, as previously porters had to create their own + tarball of the application's dependencies or find other + manual ways of bringing them in.</p> + + <p>Several new ports were added that use it, for example:</p> + + <ul> + <li>Alacritty, a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator</li> + + <li>Exa, a modern replacement for <tt>ls</tt></li> + + <li>Ripgrep, a line-oriented search tool that combines the + usability of The Silver Searcher with the raw speed of GNU + <tt>grep</tt></li> + </ul> + </body> + + <help> + <task>Add documentation for the new feature.</task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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