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Can we report unmaintained and replacement status on `cargo upgrade`?

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cargo-upgrade enhancement
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Rust
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Description

rustsec tracks maintenance status and replacements. Suggesting alternative upgrade paths could be a help for users.

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Research direction

Start by reading the existing `cargo upgrade` command and how rustsec exposes maintenance status and replacement information. Define which statuses and alternative upgrade paths should be reported, then verify that `cargo upgrade` presents them clearly for affected dependencies.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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