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rust doesn't install dependencies globally, and packages or versions can't be deleted from crates.io (they are instead yanked which prevents them from being used in new projects, while throwing a warning in existing ones)
rust editions are fully compatible with each other so you can use 2015 crate in a 2021 project and vise versa.
rust also allows having multiple versions of dependencies at the same time.
if crate A depends on B 0.1 and crate C depends on B 0.2, rust will download and use both versions of B.
you can run into issues if:
A
that depends on crateB 0.1
and providesfn A::dostuff(B::TypeFromB)
and you haveA
andB 0.2
specified as dependencies, you won't be able to use yourB::TypeFromB
as an argument inA::dostuff(...)
, and you'll have to downgrade your version ofB
to 0.1 or ask the crate developer to update their library)resolver="2"
(it usesresolver="1"
by default for compatability, which is incompatible with a lot of crates)