Wait a few years and nice things stabilise!
• u64::from_ne_bytes([u8; 8]) is stable in 1.32.0
• TryFrom<&[u8]> for [u8; 8] is stable in 1.34.0
(There are other things I’m touching today that also require a more mild
MSRV bump, but this is the most I *need* at this time.)