Subject: Re: Re*: [PATCH v2 0/4] Enable Rust by default

From: Derrick Stolee <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:02:33 -0400

On 4/10/2026 10:52 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Subject: rust: we are way beyond 2.53
> 
> Earlier we timelined that we'd tune our build procedures to build
> with Rust by default in Git 2.53, but we are already in prerelease
> freeze for 2.54 now.  Update the BreakingChanges document to delay
> it until Git 2.55 (slated for the end of June 2026).
> 
> Noticed-by: brian m. carlson <[email-masked]>
> Helped-by: Derrick Stolee <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  Documentation/BreakingChanges.adoc | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git c/Documentation/BreakingChanges.adoc w/Documentation/BreakingChanges.adoc
> index f814450d2f..af59c43f42 100644
> --- c/Documentation/BreakingChanges.adoc
> +++ w/Documentation/BreakingChanges.adoc
> @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ milestones for the introduction of Rust:
>  1. Initially, with Git 2.52, support for Rust will be auto-detected by Meson and
>     disabled in our Makefile so that the project can sort out the initial
>     infrastructure.
> -2. In Git 2.53, both build systems will default-enable support for Rust.
> +2. In Git 2.55, both build systems will default-enable support for Rust.
>     Consequently, builds will break by default if Rust is not available on the
>     build host. The use of Rust can still be explicitly disabled via build
>     flags.

This patch LGTM and safe to add within the release window.

Thanks,
-Stolee