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glossary: add entry for rustbuild#2516

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I see it more as the old name, I'd call the rust part bootstrap too

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Yes, I would say bootstrap is the whole system of bootstrap.py + rustbuild.

The name "rustbuild" still gets used a fair bit by t-bootstrap when the distinction between the two parts is meaningful. I honestly had no idea the history of the name, I just noticed it was a term people were using that didn't seem to be written down anywhere really.

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I don't think this is actually used that way? At least, I don't use rustbuild to refer to the rust part, I call that bootstrap, and disambiguate from the python part by calling the python part bootstrap.py or "the python wrapper" etc. etc.

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rust-lang/rust#127434

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jyn514 commented Aug 28, 2025

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i think having the entry is ok as a reference. i agree we should be consistent in the docs themselves, but i think a glossary entry doesn't hurt, since it will come up occasionally in old issues.

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How about having this entry, but mentioning that it’s an old deprecated term?

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⚠️ Warning ⚠️

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Mentioned the term is deprecated.

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Co-authored-by: Tshepang Mbambo <hopsi@tuta.io>
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