Rust compiler support works differently
Rust compiler support works differently
Posted Dec 15, 2025 13:03 UTC (Mon) by pizza (subscriber, #46)In reply to: Rust compiler support works differently by taladar
Parent article: The state of the kernel Rust experiment
> But the reason stable distros do that with other software is that most programs are not backwards compatible in the way the Rust compiler is.
That only applies if your code (and every crate it pulls in) doesn't use any "unstable" Rust features.
The LWN site is currently under high scraper load, so comment display has been suppressed for anonymous users. If you are a human, you may read the comments by clicking the button below:
Note: you can avoid this step in the future by logging into your LWN account.