Rust compiler support works differently

Posted Dec 19, 2025 0:15 UTC (Fri) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75)
In reply to: Rust compiler support works differently by pm215
Parent article: The state of the kernel Rust experiment

Some of this may depend on how long the distro promises to stay stable. The longer the stability promise, the more divergence there can be between the "stable" and current versions of the software and the harder backports get. That's going to put a practical limit on the length of any stability guarantee, presumably related to how well key upstream projects support older versions. A distribution that tries to handle its own kernel backports beyond what's supported by official LTS versions is setting itself up for problems.