Changes/RustCompiler

Rust Compiler

Summary

Introduce packages for the Rust compiler and its Cargo build system.

Owner

• Name: Josh Stone
• Email: jistone at redhat dot com
• Release notes owner:

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 25
• Last updated: 2016-07-12
• Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Benefit to Fedora

Developers can begin using the Rust language in their projects. In the Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2016, Rust topped the list of Most Loved languages.

Packagers can begin adding programs written in Rust to Fedora. For instance, Mozilla is starting to use Rust in Firefox, and now Fedora's Firefox maintainers could enable those components.

Scope

• Proposal owners: Get rust and cargo into Fedora, and maintain them in the future.

• Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

• Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • List of deliverables: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

• Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

• Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

Upgrade/compatibility impact

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

How To Test

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

User Experience

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Dependencies

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Cargo may be a stretch, then just delay that until later.
  • If Rust fails too, just don't ship anything now.
• Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), No
• Blocks product? None

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)