Document MSRV policy

Author: pascalkuthe

.github/workflows/msrv-rust-toolchain.toml

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.59.0"
+channel = "1.61.0"
 components = ["rustfmt", "rust-src"]

Cargo.lock

@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ Helix can be installed on MacOS through homebrew:
 brew install helix
 ```
 
+## Minimum Stable Rust Version (MSRV) Policy
+
+Helix follows the MSRV of firefox.
+The current MSRV and future changes to the MSRV are listed in the [firefox documentation](https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/writing-rust-code/update-policy.html).
+
 # Contributing
 
 Contributing guidelines can be found [here](./docs/CONTRIBUTING.md).

README.md

@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 grep-regex = "0.1.10"
 grep-searcher = "0.1.10"
 
-# Remove once retain_mut lands in stable rust
-retain_mut = "0.1.7"
-
 [target.'cfg(not(windows))'.dependencies]  # https://github.com/vorner/signal-hook/issues/100
 signal-hook-tokio = { version = "0.3", features = ["futures-v0_3"] }
 

helix-term/Cargo.toml

@@ -365,10 +365,6 @@ impl<T: Item> Picker<T> {
                     .map(|(index, _option)| (index, 0)),
             );
         } else if pattern.starts_with(&self.previous_pattern) {
-            // TODO: remove when retain_mut is in stable rust
-            #[allow(unused_imports, deprecated)]
-            use retain_mut::RetainMut;
-
             // optimization: if the pattern is a more specific version of the previous one
             // then we can score the filtered set.
             #[allow(unstable_name_collisions)]