Rust

Rust Update Policy

Given that for some distributions it's not feasible to keep up with the pace of Rust, we promise to only bump the minimum required Rust version following those rules:

• Only up to the Rust requirement of other major Linux desktop components, e.g.:

  • Firefox ESR: Minimum Supported Rust Version: <https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/writing-rust-code/update-policy.html#schedule>__

  • latest Linux Kernel Rust requirement <https://docs.kernel.org/process/changes.html#current-minimal-requirements>__

• Only require a newer Rust version than stated by other rules if and only if it's required to get around a bug inside rustc.

As bug fixes might run into rustc compiler bugs, a rust version bump can happen on a stable branch as well.