Get rid of forked (git) dependencies

[JohnAZoidberg]

All dependencies should be on crates.io:

• uefi
  • Need to upstream all changes or Update uefi to 0.35+ #184
• uefi-services
  • Need to upstream all changes or Update uefi to 0.35+ #184
• guid-create
  • Wait for release to crates.io
  • Need to upstream all changes guid-create: All changes merged upstream #203
  • Build, lint and run tests on github actions kurtlawrence/guid-create#22
  • cargo fmt kurtlawrence/guid-create#21
  • Add CGuid which matches the C memory representation kurtlawrence/guid-create#20
  • feat: enable no_std kurtlawrence/guid-create#19
• redox_hwio
  • Need to upstream all changes for FreeBSD support
• smbios-lib
  • Need to upstream all changes for UEFI support
  • Add no_std compatibility and x86_64 crate helper jrgerber/smbios-lib#89

[nadzyah]

Hi! Thank you for the ongoing work on cleaning up the dependency tree

I’m part of the Debian Rust team and working on packaging framework-system (ITP: #1078710). The remaining forked dependencies are currently blocking inclusion in Debian.

Could you share an approximate timeline or plan for when these dependencies might be upstreamed or released on crates.io? Even a rough estimate would help me understand how to proceed

Thanks again for your work on this project!

[JohnAZoidberg]

Also a blocker for Fedora.

I have been making progress towards depending on upstream uefi package.

[zachfeldman]

Niiccce!

[JohnAZoidberg]

@nadzyah please check if it's packageable now! :D

[nadzyah]

@nadzyah please check if it's packageable now! :D

Thank you so much for your work! Will do that this or next week.
Btw, do you have any plans on publishing the crates on crates.io? This would make my packaging work easier :)

[JohnAZoidberg]

I published the library on crates.io
Do you think I should publish the tool also?

[nadzyah]

I published the library on crates.io
Do you think I should publish the tool also?

Thank you! Yeah, I think it would be useful for Debian users to have not just the library but the tool as well available. Publishing on crates.io makes packaging for me much easier, that’s why I would be grateful if you could publish the tool as well

[JohnAZoidberg]

ok, just publishing the source crate, right? You don't need me to publish a binary to crates.io?

[nadzyah]

ok, just publishing the source crate, right? You don't need me to publish a binary to crates.io?

Thanks! I’ll check when I find some time to finish packaging and come back with the answer. For now, thanks for all the work you’ve already done!