rust-ibm_db v1.0.8 — Rust 2024 Edition Support & macOS Apple Silicon

Release v1.0.8

Highlights

• Rust 2024 Edition Support — Full compatibility with Rust edition 2024
• macOS Apple Silicon (ARM) Support — Native CLI driver download for M1/M2/M3/M4 Macs
• Thread Safety Improvements — Replaced unsafe mutable statics with RwLock

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New Features

• Added macOS ARM64 (Apple Silicon) CLI driver download support in the setup utility
• Automatic architecture detection for ARM-based Macs

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed edition = "2026" (non-existent) to edition = "2024"
• Replaced static mut globals (OS_ENCODING, DB_ENCODING) with thread-safe RwLock wrappers
• Wrapped env::set_var() calls in unsafe {} blocks per Rust 2024 requirements
• Converted if let ... else patterns to match for Rust 2024 edition compliance
• Added inner unsafe {} blocks in unsafe fn bodies (Rust 2024 no longer treats these as implicitly unsafe)
• Removed unused Read import from setup.rs
• Added proper // SAFETY: documentation comments

Performance & Deployment (February 2026)

• Improved driver performance optimizations based on customer inputs
• Corrected linker logic for cross-platform builds
• Streamlined deployment workflow
• Added test coverage improvements
• Documentation updates and README overhaul with step-by-step guides

Documentation

• Updated README with macOS ARM/Apple Silicon support information
• Updated dependency version example to 1.0.8
• Fixed homepage link in crate metadata
• Added Cargo.lock to .gitignore

Contributors

• @ahilden — Rust 2024 edition migration, thread safety fixes, macOS ARM support (PR #16)
• @AWADHAMBIKA — Performance optimizations, documentation, release management

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Full Changelog: v1.0.6...v1.0.8