From 05430d5690895c5a6eed49c3ee96b2bb28e1e2a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: stevenhorsman Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:06:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add MSRV comments to toolchain guidance Add some extra clarification about our current position on MSRV. Signed-off-by: stevenhorsman --- docs/README.md | 2 +- docs/{Toochain-Guidance.md => Toolchain-Guidance.md} | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) rename docs/{Toochain-Guidance.md => Toolchain-Guidance.md} (83%) diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md index 2f990f92fc..a2a6c62daf 100644 --- a/docs/README.md +++ b/docs/README.md @@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ If you have a suggestion for how we can improve the ### Toolchain Guidance -* [Toolchain Guidance](./Toochain-Guidance.md) +* [Toolchain Guidance](./Toolchain-Guidance.md) diff --git a/docs/Toochain-Guidance.md b/docs/Toolchain-Guidance.md similarity index 83% rename from docs/Toochain-Guidance.md rename to docs/Toolchain-Guidance.md index 9d75dccd31..44bb65a186 100644 --- a/docs/Toochain-Guidance.md +++ b/docs/Toolchain-Guidance.md @@ -37,3 +37,10 @@ In practice this should mean that we bump our rust toolchain every six weeks, to of that version, if there were any. The rust-toolchain that we are using is recorded in [`rust-toolchain.toml`](../rust-toolchain.toml). + +> [!NOTE] +> We don't currently have a firm policy on the minimum supported rust version (MSRV) for our components. +> When bumping the toolchain version we attempt to stay up-to-date with new language features that +> improve the current codebase (e.g. fixing new clipping warnings) and this often will result in +> the MSRV being implicitly bumped so we can use these features, but we don't have a hard requirement +> that bumps the MSRV to the same level as the toolchain.