diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/contributing.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index d1619d3a65..f167df067c 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -802,10 +802,10 @@ To prevent namespace collisions we prefix all other Rust packages with the dashes should remain in place. In the rust ecosystem it is common for multiple incompatible versions of a -package to be used at any given time, so all packages should have a versioned -suffix. If a package has passed version 1.0.0 then just the major version -number is sufficient (e.g.@: @code{rust-clap-2}), otherwise the version suffix -should contain both the major and minor version (e.g.@: @code{rust-rand-0.6}). +package to be used at any given time, so all package definitions should have a +versioned suffix. The versioned suffix is the left-most non-zero digit (and +any leading zeros, of course). This follows the ``caret'' version scheme +intended by Cargo. Examples@: @code{rust-clap-2}, @code{rust-rand-0.6}. Because of the difficulty in reusing rust packages as pre-compiled inputs for other packages the Cargo build system (@pxref{Build Systems, |