linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: plumb editions via command line

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <CANiq72kRdBOfa85PnOTEYY-9bcEewerom_LOxucKFs_pBmcsrQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:57:45 +0100
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@...dia.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, 
	Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, 
	Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, 
	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, 
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org>, 
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: plumb editions via
 command line

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 9:54 AM Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@...dia.com> wrote:
>
> Add --editions argument to pass crate editions in a similar way to the
> existing --cfgs mechanism.
>
> It sets editions as follows:
>   - core: 2024 for rustc >= 1.87 otherwise 2021
>   - quote: 2018
>   - all others: 2021

Could you please explain in the commit message the reasons behind the
change? i.e. commit messages should explain the "why" (advantages
etc.), not just the "what".

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel