New Release?

[Alexhuszagh]

Due to the number of bugs fixed, and the lack of updates on the images but move to a new container registry, I feel it's probably a good idea to draft a new release by early July (v0.2.2), and then we can deal with backwards-incompatible changes for v0.3.0? This way the bug fixes can be provided for the default install on crates.io, so users won't have to install from git. A lot of bugs have been patched, so I think this is probably a sound roadmap.

Thoughts?

A list of goals for the next release are:

I think the major goals remaining for 0.2.2 are getting:

• x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu based on Ubuntu, and keeping at least it or another image compatible with RHEL7 (glibc 2.17) (make x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu ubuntu again #764).
• Add build-std support so we can rely less (hopefully, never) on xargo (Add build-std config option. #782).
• Probably add Cargo.toml as a configuration source, if possible (Allow Cargo.toml as configuration source #754).

More stretch goals but we're getting closer to are:

• Remote docker support (I almost have full support ready, Add comprehensive support for remote docker. #785).
• Custom dockerfile/pre-build hooks without having to maintain images (allow specifying a dockerfile to use for a target and implement "pre-build"ing #678).

Also, we need to ensure we instruct users to install from crates.io prior to release (IE, not from git).

Update: we just pushed a release candidate.

[Emilgardis]

#542 ping

yes, I think it's time, I'm still very hesitant about the x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu changes though (#669 and #680 ) .

[Alexhuszagh]

We could possibly skip CentOS altogether just by both having GCC and glibc built from source for just that target, which is the single best-supported target arch/OS combination, and we won't have top do a multi-pass build since the host triple is the same as the target triple.

[otavio]

Could you guys review if there are any still need fix for 0.2.2 and put it on the specific milestone? and the same for 0.3.0?

[Alexhuszagh]

I think the major goals remaining for 0.2.2 are getting:

• x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu based on Ubuntu, and keeping at least it or another image compatible with RHEL7 (glibc 2.17).
• Add build-std support so we can rely less (hopefully, never) on xargo.
• Probably add Cargo.toml as a configuration source, if possible.

More stretch goals but we're getting closer to are:

• Remote docker support (I almost have full support ready).
• allow specifying a dockerfile to use for a target and implement "pre-build"ing #678 for custom dockerfile/pre-build hooks without having to maintain images.

We've got some issues with the Apple M1 processors, but I'm not sure if anyone else besides Emil can debug those right now.

[Alexhuszagh]

Updates: #754 is almost ready to merge, #764 is about to be merged, and #785 seems to be getting much more robust. That means most of our immediate issues preventing a new release are almost complete.

[naiba]

Can't wait. The pre-build is very useful, I was experimenting with the contents of the main branch README.md many times and finally found that it was not yet released 😨.

[naiba]

https://github.com/cross-rs/cross/milestone/1

Looks like nothing is stopping v0.2.2 from being released?

[naiba]

Hello, what's the next plan? I'm very eager to use v0.2.2, as actions-rs/cargo can't customize the cross's version. I think the ease of cross-compiling in GitHub Actions will be very helpful in building the rust community. ❤️

[Alexhuszagh]

Hello, what's the next plan? I'm very eager to use v0.2.2, as actions-rs/cargo can't customize the cross's version. I think the ease of cross-compiling in GitHub Actions will be very helpful in building the rust community. heart

We're patching a few minor issues, scheduling a beta/staging release to ensure our infrastructure is correct, and then going to do the release. All the major obstacles have been fixed, so this occur soon.

[Emilgardis]

A correction also, you can customize the version as I've detailed in #542 (comment)

just download cross before your cross: true cargo action

[Alexhuszagh]

v0.2.2 has been released.

[naiba]

awesome