Pre-built binaries from repo releases were not linked statically

[SpecterShell]

Related: #3075

The pre-built binary from repo releases was not statically linked and requires a DLL file that does not match the one in the latest stable Rust MSI installer.

[ytmimi]

@SpecterShell thanks for reaching out. Is rustfmt not included with the version of rust you installed with the MSI installer?

This is related to #5675. I'm pretty sure that since the 1.5.2 release rustfmt has been dynamically linked to some it's rustc dependencies, and unfortunately that's not something we can change.

rustup is the recommended distribution channel for rustfmt, and we'd discourage use of the pre-built binaries. We've also talked about removing the pre-built binaries

[calebcartwright]

The pre-built binaries were always an unofficial, best effort, and we're definitely going to drop attempts to include binaries in the github releases in this repo. Afaik, no other dev tools even attempted to distribute their own binaries outside the official channel, and this team definitely does not have the bandwidth to try to take on something above and beyond standard dev tools practices.

Closing this accordingly

[SpecterShell]

Thanks for your explanation!

I was asking because of microsoft/winget-pkgs#143004

Yes it is not included in the MSI installer, so I tried to add the pre-built binaries to WinGet repo but later found that they could not run without a specific version of Rust runtime.

Rustup is already available in WinGet repo though.

[calebcartwright]

Thanks for your explanation!

I was asking because of microsoft/winget-pkgs#143004

Yes it is not included in the MSI installer, so I tried to add the pre-built binaries to WinGet repo but later found that they could not run without a specific version of Rust runtime.

Rustup is already available in WinGet repo though.

Got it! Thanks for the additional context.

Fully understand the reasoning and benefits, but it's unfortunately just not something we'll be able to support