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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon Ogeon

Why it's deprecated

Open Ogeon opened this issue 5 years ago • 2 comments

The creator of the wrapped WiringPi library has chosen to deprecate it. As part of that, he has taken down the Git repository (at the time of writing), so it's practically impossible to make new builds of rust-wiringpi from the real source. Due to that, I'm no longer going to maintain this library.

Gordon himself writes about it on http://wiringpi.com/wiringpi-deprecated/.

Thanks, Gordon, for creating WiringPi, and sorry for being one of those who linked it statically. Also, big thanks to everyone who have contributed to rust-wiringpi.

Ogeon avatar Jan 11 '20 11:01 Ogeon

It's sad to see this deprecated :( there is still the GitHub mirror, though: https://github.com/WiringPi/WiringPi

Razican avatar Jan 13 '20 08:01 Razican

Good point. I hadn't seen it. I suppose it can be used for reproducing the builds, but other than that I believe there are (or can be) better alternatives for Rust. WiringPi is a bit too C focused for a smooth integration.

Ogeon avatar Jan 13 '20 09:01 Ogeon