Re: RLS and Rust

[Brett Gilio <brettg@posteo.net>]

Ivan Petkov writes:


> Not 100% sure, but does RLS still require a nightly rust?

It might. Though, when I add it via the rustup toolchain, it works with
stable. So perhaps it still does need nightly to compile but not to run.

> There’s no packaged rust crates in guix yet, though I’ve been working on
> revamping the cargo-build-system to work with cargo in a way that feels
> natural to invoke and maintain (there's a bit of an impedance mismatch between
> how cargo and guix expect to handle things by default).

What can I do to help you? I'd be happy to help.

>
> I have an initial proof-of-concept patch ready which I've been meaning to send
> out, but I've largely spent my free time trying to get the latest rust version
> packaged into guix. Keep an eye out, should be better soon!
>
> —Ivan