Rust version 1.56.0 introduced edition 2021. Shortly afterwards, on
October 21 2021 Rust version 1.56.1 was released.
Debian stable is currently shipping `rustc 1.63.0`.
Our stated MSRV policy is: In Debian stable and at least 2 years old.
Therefore our MSRV policy is met by Rust version 1.56.1 and we can strat
to bump our MSRV org wide.
Start by bumping the `rust-bitcoin` and `hashes` MSRV to Rust 1.56.1,
includes:
- Update docs.
- Update CI and remove pinning.
- Update the build files and remove now stale cfg attributes rust_v_1_x
for values less than the new MSRV.
- Use new `IntoIterator` for arrays so we no longer need to allocate a
vector to iterate.
Links:
- https://blog.rust-lang.org/2021/11/01/Rust-1.56.1.html
- https://blog.rust-lang.org/2021/10/21/Rust-1.56.0.html
- https://packages.debian.org/stable/rust/rustc
Done as is single patch to make sure all the docs and CI are in sync and
correct.
We currently pin the `schemars` dependency using `<=0.8.3` as well as a
the `dyn-clone` transient dependency in the manifest (`hashes` and the
extended test crate). This is incorrect because it makes usage of the
crate klunky (or possibly impossible) if downstream users wish to use a
later version of `schemars`.
Observe also that we do not have to pin `schemars`, we do however have to pin
the `serde` crate if either `serde` or `schemars` features are enabled.
Do so in CI and document in the readme file within hashes.
Currently we have a pin remaining from the old MSRV (`syn` due to use
of `matches!`).
Fix pinning by:
- Remove pin in manifest for `schemars`
- Fix pinning for MSRV in CI and docs (this includes documenting pinning
requirements for `schemars` feature because it is related to the other
pin of `serde`) in both `hashes` readme and main repo readme.
We would like to bring the `bitcoin_hashes` crate into the
`rust-bitcoin` repository.
Import `bitcoin_hashes` into `rust-bitocin/hashes`, doing so looses all
the commit history from the original crate but if we archive the
original repository then the history will be preserved. We maintain the
same version number obviously and in the changelog we note the change of
repository.
Commit hash that was tip of `bitcoin_hashes` at time of import:
commit 54c16249e06cc6b7870c7fc07d90f489d82647c7
Includes making `embedded` and `fuzzing` per-crate i.e., move them into
`bitcoin` as hashes includes these also.
NOTE: Does _not_ enable fuzzing for `hashes` in CI.
Notes on CI:
Attempts to merge in the github actions from the hashes crate however reduces
coverage by not running hashes tests for beta toolchain. Some additional
work could be done to improve the CI to increase efficiency without
reducing coverage. Leaving for another day.
Tobin C. Harding
shuoer86