async-std
follows https://semver.org/.
In short: we are versioning our software as MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
. We increase the:
We will provide migration documentation between major versions.
async-std
uses its own implementations of the following concepts:
Read
Write
Seek
BufRead
Stream
For integration with the ecosystem, all types implementing these traits also have an implementation of the corresponding interfaces in the futures-rs
library. Please note that our SemVer guarantees don't extend to usage of those interfaces. We expect those to be conservatively updated and in lockstep.
The current tentative policy is that the minimum Rust version required to use this crate can be increased in minor version updates. For example, if async-std
1.0 requires Rust 1.37.0, then async-std
1.0.z for all values of z will also require Rust 1.37.0 or newer. However, async-std
1.y for y > 0 may require a newer minimum version of Rust.
In general, this crate will be conservative with respect to the minimum supported version of Rust. With async/await
being a new feature though, we will track changes in a measured pace initially.
Security fixes will be applied to all minor branches of this library in all supported major revisions. This policy might change in the future, in which case we give a notice at least 3 months ahead.
This policy is based on BurntSushi's regex crate.