[koakuma-chan]

> This is very different than Rust where every new version is abandonware after 6 weeks and the compiler does not let you specify that your code is from a specific version.

Do you have any specific evidence? Rust ecosystem is known for libraries that sit on crates.io for years with no updates but they are still perfectly usable (backward-compatible) and popular. Projects usually specify their MSRV (minimum supported Rust version) in the README.

[ryao]

https://endoflife.date/rust

[koakuma-chan]

Are you asking for LTS releases? https://ferrocene.dev/en/

[ryao]

I was not asking for that. I was answering your question. You asked for evidence of rust releases being abandonware. I gave it to you. Someone else trying to ameliorate Rust releases does not change this reality.

[koakuma-chan]

Well “abandonware” is a strange way to call that because nothing is actually abandoned.

[ryao]

Use language features not considered “stable rust” that are later discarded and you will learn it is abandonware very quickly. In any case, you asked for proof and now have it. You should be saying thank you instead of trying to argue.

[koakuma-chan]

I mean, thank you, but calling Rust abandonware just because it uses a rolling release model is misleading IMO. Also there's nothing wrong with unstable features being discarded, they're unstable.