Consider supporting older versions of `libgit2`?
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Hey, my package manager currently only has libgit2 version 1.3.0 available. I'm using MacPorts (on macOS 10.14.6), but if I'm not mistaken, Ubuntu 22.04 uses version 1.1.0.
I think it would be nice if this package could support older versions of libgit2 (up until a certain point ofc.), so that as users, we don't have to compile it.
I'm aware that https://github.com/rust-lang/git2-rs/pull/806 bumped the minimum version from 1.3.0 to 1.4.0 because newer features were needed, so I'm definitely not complaining about using newer features for better efficiency! I mostly just wanted to ask how big of an effort it would be to support older versions, and whether it is something that would be desired by this crate?
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the current libgit2 version requirement and the compatibility changes in rust-lang/git2-rs#806. Compare the APIs needed by this crate with libgit2 1.3.0 and 1.1.0, then determine whether a support boundary can be defined. Done means documenting a feasible minimum version and the required implementation and test scope.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100