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- HIGH OpenSSF Blog · 17 Oct 2026
GitHub expands malware advisories to eight ecosystems via OpenSSF
GitHub integrated OpenSSF malicious-packages data into its Advisory Database, extending malware detection from npm to PyPI, Maven, RubyGems, NuGet, Go, crates.io, and PHP Composer.
Deprecations 2
- HIGH ACT BY 1 OCT 2026 endoflife.date · 4 Oct 2026
Rust 1.98 has reached end of life
Rust 1.98 reached end of life on 2026-10-01, as listed by endoflife.date.
- HIGH Rust Blog · 3 Oct 2026
Demoting i686 Windows targets to std-only
Rust 1.100.0 demotes i686-pc-windows-msvc and i686-pc-windows-gnu from host-tool targets to std-only. Compiler builds for 32-bit Windows will stop; cross-compile from 64-bit hosts.
Releases 3
- MEDIUM Rust Blog · 15 Oct 2026
Announcing Rust 1.99.1
Rust 1.99.1 fixes three regressions: missing wcslen on some targets, miscompiled FFI bool returns on x86_64, and rust-lld failing to load libLLVM on macOS.
- INFO endoflife.date · 4 Oct 2026
Rust 1.99 released
Rust 1.99 was released on 2026-10-01.
- INFO Rust Blog · 3 Oct 2026
Announcing Rust 1.99.0
Rust 1.99.0 is now available via rustup update stable. It stabilizes extern C variadic functions, raw pointer layout helpers, and several new stable APIs.
News and tools 4
- INFO Rust Blog · 26 Oct 2026
How to fund Rust contributors
Guide outlines three ways to financially support Rust development: general maintenance, specific project goals, and individual contributors.
- INFO tl;dr sec · 8 Oct 2026
Survey of package-manager sandboxing status across ecosystems
Homebrew, opam, Nix, Bazel and others differ in sandbox strength; many still rely on allow-lists or no isolation at all.
- INFO Rust Blog · 3 Oct 2026
Announcing Scott Schafer as Cargo Maintainer in Residence
Rust Foundation funds Scott Schafer full-time for one year to handle Cargo maintenance, feature work, and technical debt after team attrition.
- INFO Python Insider · 3 Oct 2026
Rust for CPython (Python Language Summit 2026)
David Hewitt presents the latest status, first module, and proposed acceptance criteria for integrating Rust into CPython.
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