Tracking issue for Rust rewrite

[Minoru]

Are there any other resources, like a meta thread for the port? For example a discussion how the transition phase would look like, especially if a release is published during that time. I'm involved with rust on debian so I might be able to help with some of the issues.

Originally posted by @kpcyrd in #89 (comment)

[Minoru]

Thanks for the suggestion! Indeed it's a good idea to have an issue where I can communicate some general points that don't belong in more task-centric issues.

how the transition phase would look like, especially if a release is published during that time

C++ and Rust will co-exist for a while. This means people will need two compilers to build Newsboat.

The build will continue to be driven by Make. However, dependency resolution will happen in two (or more) different places: once in our existing config.sh and again when cargo build is run. If there are people who need to separate "configure" and "build" phases, let's talk and see what can be done about this (I don't see a way out).

I will keep the "every three months" release schedule. It's pretty much guaranteed we'll have at least a couple releases containing both C++ and Rust.

I'm not yet sure how much outside help I'll be able to use, and how much I'll get. If I work on this alone with the same amount of time I spend now, three-point estimate says I'll be done in 2 years with standard deviation of 0.7 years (raw estimates are: 0.75 years / 1.5 years / 5 years).

I'm involved with rust on debian so I might be able to help with some of the issues.

Actually, I was stuck with a build issue for the past few days, so I think it's high time for me to ask for help. I'll open a separate issue and ping you there.

[zaowen]

I would like to help with this. What sort of things need to be done?

[Minoru]

I haven't finished porting logger to Rust yet, and without that, the opportunities to port anything else are limited. But I think I can come up with a few tasks already; I'll got open new issues for them.

[Minoru]

@zaowen, please take a look at #332 and #334.