rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-analyzer
Note down rust-toolchain version support in the docs
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Description
We need some snippet of text we can point people to when asking about rust-analyzer not working on their <10-releases-old-rust-version>, why that is and what they can do to work around it. We currently just rehash these points whenever they come up for no benefit.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no documentation file or test, so first locate the appropriate rust-analyzer documentation section for rust-toolchain version support. Document why older Rust versions may not work and the available workarounds; it is done when the resulting snippet can be linked instead of repeating the explanation.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 58/100