Re: More stability needed in our Rust packages, for IceCat 60

[Mark H Weaver]

Hi Danny,

Danny Milosavljevic <address@hidden> writes:

>> How would you feel about doing further Rust work on a separate branch,
>> and periodically (maybe 2-4 times per month) merging the collected
>> improvements into master?
>
> I agree actually.  Rust is taking up way too much of my own build
> capacity right now.  Even small changes have to be tested on at least
> a few of the compilers, because Rust seems to change what settings one
> can use regularily - and any of those could break master (and did before).
>
> I've reverted the last commit mentioning "ar".  It's not strictly the
> right fix to revert it, but it's the most stable version to have on
> master.
>
> I've also been talking to a new volunteer, so now is actually a good
> time for oponeing a new branch.
>
> I've now opened wip-rust and will be pushing it after some rust versions
> built.

Sounds good.  Thanks again!

     Mark