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Summary

  • Enables Cargo's MSRV-aware resolver (v3) for better dependency management
  • Adds CI workaround to maintain MSRV testing capability

The Problem & Solution

Resolver v3 requires Rust 1.84+ just to parse the Cargo.toml, but our library's actual MSRV is 1.75. This PR solves that paradox by:

  1. Using resolver v3 for development (requires Rust 1.84+)
  2. Patching to resolver v2 in CI for MSRV testing (works with Rust 1.75)

Changes

  1. Set resolver = "3" in Cargo.toml
  2. Add sed patch in test-msrv job to temporarily use resolver v2 during MSRV verification

Split MSRV Documentation

  • Library MSRV: 1.75 (the code runs on this version)
  • Development toolchain: 1.84+ (required to build from source with resolver v3)

Benefits

  • Automatic MSRV-aware dependency resolution prevents incompatible updates
  • No manual dependency pinning needed
  • CI still verifies our library works with Rust 1.75

Related PRs

Test plan

  • CI workaround added to patch resolver during MSRV testing
  • MSRV test should pass with the sed patch
  • All other CI jobs work with resolver v3
  • Label with pr-nightly to trigger MSRV tests

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This enables Cargo's MSRV-aware resolver (v3) while maintaining our ability to test with Rust 1.75.

## Changes
- Enable resolver v3 for MSRV-aware dependency resolution
- Add sed patch in MSRV test job to temporarily downgrade to resolver v2 during testing

## Context
Resolver v3 requires Rust 1.84+ to parse the configuration, but our library MSRV is 1.75.
This creates a split MSRV situation:
- Library MSRV: 1.75 (the code itself works with this version)
- Development/build toolchain: 1.84+ (required for resolver v3)

The CI workaround allows us to verify the library MSRV while benefiting from resolver v3's
automatic dependency version management for development.

Supersedes PRQL#5426, PRQL#5428, PRQL#5430

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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eitsupi added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 13, 2025
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eitsupi commented Oct 13, 2025

I think LLM made the wrong choice here by editing the test to pass it.
See #5491.

If you really want to configure the resolver, I think the correct solution is to set it to .cargo/config.toml.
https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html#resolver

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agree, sorry, this was my mistake

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