Nope. Literally no distro is going to deal with updating random language toolchains in an LTS release. The risk of bugs and breakage is too high. The existence of LTS releases means users want software that doesn't need non-security updates frequently. https://twitter.com/BRIAN_____/status/1057096785653510150 …
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Unfortunately, since these are free time open-source projects and not my job, I'm unable to pay people to do the work. My employer doesn't use Rust.
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So you are $0 = 0% interested?
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I would donate to a fund that supported that work as part of a group, but as an individual, I am not financially able to employ full time staff.
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Most language communities agree on a few significant stable releases that third parties can coalesce around and companies can maintain and support, even if upstream does not. Rust is generally an exception in that regard.
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The Rust toolchain teams do a good job of maintaining backward compatibility. Some times some crates have to be manually tweaked to support the newest release but that's nothing compared to the cost of maintaining support for old toolchain versions.
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