About this tag
The rust toolchain tag on WindowsForum.com collects discussion of Rust as a build and development dependency in real projects. Coverage here centers on Canonical's Mir 2.30.0, where a Rust compiler became a hard requirement for building the Wayland compositor library from source, the old MIR_ENABLE_RUST build switch was removed, and the mirserver ABI moved to 69. The practical impact falls on developers, packagers, and maintainers of Mir-based shells rather than end users, and Canonical's roadmap points toward writing a complete compositor in Rust without C++. Expect thread-level detail on toolchain requirements, build configuration changes, and packaging consequences.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Mir 2.30.0 Requires Rust Builds, Bumps mirserver ABI to 69

    Canonical released Mir 2.30.0 on September 24, 2026. This version of its Wayland compositor library makes a Rust compiler a hard requirement for building Mir from source, removes the old MIR_ENABLE_RUST build switch, and ships with Canonical's first public roadmap for the project. The build...