Specify rust toolchain explicitly, document how to change it

docs/source/contributor-guide/howtos.md

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 # HOWTOs
 
+## How to update the version of Rust used in CI tests
+
+- Make a PR to update the [rust-toolchain] file in the root of the repository:
+
+[rust-toolchain]: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/blob/main/rust-toolchain.toml
+
 ## How to add a new scalar function
 
 Below is a checklist of what you need to do to add a new scalar function to DataFusion:

rust-toolchain.toml

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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# This file specifies the default version of Rust used
+# to compile this workspace and run CI jobs.
+
+[toolchain]
+channel = "1.84.1"
+components = ["rustfmt", "clippy"]