FuelLabs/sway

Warn users when their `forc` toolchain is out of date

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#5,280 opened on Nov 15, 2023

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Description

forc should should notify users when their active toolchain is out of date. E.g. if they use forc commands on the beta-4 toolchain, but there are new patch releases available it could have some warning message that they are on an out of date version. Same for the LSP - perhaps we could propagate this message in the editor somehow.

A single console message would be good, similar to what the github cli does when you use it and there is a new update you havent applied yet:

A new release of gh is available: 2.32.1 → 2.38.0
To upgrade, run: brew upgrade gh
https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.38.0

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Research direction
Implement a version check that compares the current forc version with the latest release from GitHub releases. Display a warning if outdated. For the LSP, consider propagating the warning via the editor.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
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1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
Rustunderstanding of the Sway toolchain release process
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60