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Is there a policy for Rustc's edition or minimum supported version?

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Description

Looking around our repos, there are lots of long-living repos some of which are written in 2015 edition style. I think we can improve them by adapting to the newer edition. Is there an edition or MSRV policy we must conform to?

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Research direction

Start by surveying the Rust configuration across the long-lived repositories mentioned in the issue for existing edition and MSRV declarations. Confirm the project's policy with maintainers, then document the agreed Rust edition and minimum supported version and identify affected repositories.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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