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[PATCH] doc: Update guidance about Rust package nameing. |
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Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:33:49 +0100 |
* doc/contributing.texi (Rust Crates): Explain versions suffix based on
packages version and Crate "caret" versioning.
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doc/contributing.texi | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index d0ab08336a..b76f118369 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -802,10 +802,10 @@ To prevent namespace collisions we prefix all other Rust
packages with the
dashes should remain in place.
In the rust ecosystem it is common for multiple incompatible versions of a
-package to be used at any given time, so all packages should have a versioned
-suffix. If a package has passed version 1.0.0 then just the major version
-number is sufficient (e.g.@: @code{rust-clap-2}), otherwise the version suffix
-should contain both the major and minor version (e.g.@: @code{rust-rand-0.6}).
+package to be used at any given time, so all package definitions should have a
+versioned suffix. The versioned suffix is the left-most non-zero digit (and
+any leading zeros, of course). This follows the ``caret'' version scheme
+intended by Cargo. Examples@: @code{rust-clap-2}, @code{rust-rand-0.6}.
Because of the difficulty in reusing rust packages as pre-compiled inputs for
other packages the Cargo build system (@pxref{Build Systems,
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2.21.3
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