diff options
| author | Nora Widdecke <nora@sequoia-pgp.org> | 2022-08-01 23:51:25 +0200 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Nora Widdecke <nora@sequoia-pgp.org> | 2022-09-06 14:45:39 +0200 |
| commit | 02c051b6b37e010c2db9a1b86e514918b617b9da (patch) | |
| tree | 543da7d4fbc1cc9fb802876a34f7745a77cf95df /README.md | |
| parent | 31b380c768052f22fb747c5e4aa3d2b5ef3810f0 (diff) | |
Document MSRV policy.
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -194,11 +194,18 @@ $ docker tag registry.gitlab.com/sequoia-pgp/sequoia:latest sq $ docker run --rm -i sq --help ``` -## Requirements +## Requirements and MSRV -To build Sequoia, you need at least Rust 1.56 and a few libraries, -notably the Nettle cryptographic library version 3.4.1 or up. Please -see below for OS-specific commands to install the needed libraries: +The minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is 1.56. Sequoia aims to always be +compatible with the version included in [Debian testing], the MSRV follows what +is available there. Increasing the MSRV will be accompanied by a raise in +the minor version of all crates. + +[Debian testing]: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/rustc + +Building Sequoia requires a few libraries, notably the Nettle cryptographic library +version 3.4.1 or up. Please see below for OS-specific commands to install the +needed libraries: ### Debian |