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Clippy Enters 12-Week Feature Freeze for Quality Improvement

2025-06-22

The Rust linter Clippy will undergo a 12-week feature freeze starting June 26th, 2025, focusing on improving the accuracy and reducing false positives of its over 750 existing lints. No new lints will be accepted during this period, but bug reports and PRs improving existing lints are welcome. The goal is to enhance code quality and provide a more reliable linting experience for Rust users.

Rust 1.88 Demotes i686-pc-windows-gnu to Tier 2

2025-05-26

Rust 1.88.0 will demote the i686-pc-windows-gnu target (32-bit GNU-based Windows build target) from Tier 1 to Tier 2. This means reduced testing frequency and a higher likelihood of accumulating bugs in the future. The main reason is a lack of maintainers and persistent difficult-to-debug issues. While builds of the standard library and compiler will still be provided, users should be aware of potential increased risks. The Rust team is calling for developers with relevant expertise to step up and become maintainers.

2024 Rust Survey Results: Thriving Community, but Compilation Speed Remains a Hurdle

2025-02-22

The 2024 Rust survey results are in! While participation was slightly lower than last year, the community remains vibrant, and Rust usage continues to grow, especially in professional settings. The survey reveals high satisfaction with Rust's performance and safety, but compilation speed remains a key challenge, followed by debugging support and disk space usage. Encouragingly, many developers are optimistic about Rust's future and look forward to the stabilization of more features, such as async closures.