1.47.0 second pre-release testing

Oct. 7, 2020 · Pietro Albini on behalf of The Release Team

The second pre-release for 1.47.0 is ready for testing. The release is scheduled for this Thursday, October 8th. Release notes can be found here.

You can try it out locally by running:

RUSTUP_DIST_SERVER=https://dev-static.rust-lang.org rustup update stable

The index is https://dev-static.rust-lang.org/dist/2020-10-07/index.html. You can leave feedback on the internals thread.

Compared to the first pre-release, this one contains a fix for issue #76980, the last known regression of 1.47.0. We're interested in additional testing of this pre-release, as it includes that last-minute change.