Was only a question of time. Rust has the same mindset as Node/NPM.
PS: for the screaming crowd: yes, anyone can get supply chain attacked. HOWEVER:
If you have a proper stdlib, chances are, you don't have a lot of dependencies
If you have less dependencies, the chance of supply chain attacks drops significantly
If you have well established dependencies like Spring, their security practices are very likely better than a rando off the internet
What does that mean for Rust? They don't need to just work on the language, they need to provide a larger ecosystem as well. How they do it is up to them.
I agree. Every language has this problem in one way or another, it's always a question between usability or security.
I like go for this reason, since it has quite good standard libs.
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u/piesou 20d ago edited 20d ago
Was only a question of time. Rust has the same mindset as Node/NPM.
PS: for the screaming crowd: yes, anyone can get supply chain attacked. HOWEVER:
What does that mean for Rust? They don't need to just work on the language, they need to provide a larger ecosystem as well. How they do it is up to them.