rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-clippy

Rust API Guidelines: Public dependencies of a stable crate are stable

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Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the linked Rust API Guidelines section on stable public dependencies and determine the intended lint behavior from that requirement. Then inspect the existing project structure to identify where such a lint and its tests belong. Done means the requirement is enforced with coverage for the relevant cases.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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