The answer is to keep the compiler and the OS image it is running on alongside the source in version control. (Docker alone won’t save you.)
Unless you just have an axe to grind?
Unless you just have an axe to grind?
really says a lot that someone can say this apparently absolutely seriously
Luck is not a process.
Safety critical work / security-sensitive work is completely orthogonal to the rust release cycle.
Not to mention the vast amount of professionals who don’t have root on their runners / build nodes. Putting a ticket in every 3-6 weeks for a new compiler version takes… 3-6 weeks. People give up after a while.
When I talked with the people at AWS responsible for updating both the myriad Java compilers in use as well as Rust for every project in the company, they claimed that updating Rust was always painless and didn't even appear as a blip in their radars compared to other similarly wide reaching updates.