Remove vscode-Rust from the vs-code marketplace

[branrickman]

Or at least add text to the extension description pointing people to rust-analyzer.

This project is not currently active, but it still sits on the top of the vscode marketplace. It is tripping up fresh would-be rust programmers (until they happen to hear by word of mouth that rust-analyzer is what they should be using).

Not a dig at anyone, I have huge respect for tool builders, but it is harming the community by adding a pretty big trap for new users.

[Noxdor]

This is actually exactly what I run in (programming rust since about 2 weeks). I just wanted to post an issue I'm having with the official rust extension and so only discovered by accident that there is a better alternative with the rust-analyzer extension.
I wouldn't go that far to say this is a huge problem for newbies, because the rust extension is doing a fine job for learning the basic concepts, but I now run into problems looking into the embedded world.

[Xanewok]

I'll work on it in the following weeks, sorry for that.

[joaomoreno]

I just hit this trap. And I work in VS Code. I'll make some calls.

[computerquip]

Also just ran into this. In particular, this is still the "recommended" plugin for rust in vs-code. I don't know if removing it is that big of a deal but at least getting it off the recommendation list for rust would be nice.

[yuhr]

In my case rust-analyzer extension does not work well (underline warnings & errors don't show up in my code), while this extension just works. Please don't remove.

[lnicola]

@yuhr please file a GitHub issue on the rust-analyzer repo.

[yuhr]

@lnicola But what's the status of this extension? If it's officially in maintenance mode, I'd gladly go for rust-analyzer as you said, but in my case everything's going well with this extension for now.

[lnicola]

@yuhr rust-analyzer is currently developed independently, but has been accepted as the successor of RLS in https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/2912-rust-analyzer.html.

It's less precise than RLS, but arguably more actively maintained and a lot of users are quite happy with it.

[yuhr]

@lnicola Thanks for letting me know that. I'll try to take a look into why it doesn't work for my project