From 100877b4787b75ea9d172fc041d4fe709faa0d29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lukaslueg Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 17:08:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.md Point out that code added to Cargo may raise the minimal version of Rust required. Cargo does not have a grace period where it has to compile on "stable -2" or anything like that. --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index d3ff879c3..cb0618b15 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ installed locally, ignore the cross-compile test failures, or disable them by using `CFG_DISABLE_CROSS_TESTS=1 cargo test`. Note that some tests are enabled only on nightly toolchain. +## Minimal version of Rust + +Cargo must compile on stable Rust. Code added to Cargo is encouraged to use +the latest stable features of the language and `stdlib`. ## Contributing to the Docs -- 2.30.2