11+++
2- path = " 9999/12/31/the-incoming-summer-of-clippy "
3- title = " The incoming Summer of Clippy "
2+ path = " 9999/12/31/announcing- the-clippy-feature-freeze "
3+ title = " Announcing the Clippy feature freeze "
44authors = [" blyxyas" ]
55
66[extra ]
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ The Clippy project will be on feature-freeze for 12 weeks, starting from Rust
12121.89.0 beta (June 26th 2025) to September 18th 2025 (Rust 1.89.0 stable
1313release). During this time no new features will be accepted, only bug fixes.
1414
15- This * summer of Clippy * comes from a lack of the necessary capacity needed
16- to maintain all the current lints (about 750 of them 😱) and still add new ones.
15+ This * feature freeze * comes from a lack of the necessary capacity needed
16+ to maintain all the current lints (over 750 of them 😱) and still add new ones.
1717We need to care for the Clippy project the same way that Clippy cares about our
1818code, and note that every single one of them needs maintaining and accounting
1919for current and future changes in the compiler as a whole.
@@ -23,39 +23,39 @@ issues that could be great as a starting point to get familiar with the project.
2323
2424## What can I expect as a user?
2525
26- As a user you can expect to have more accurate lints, with less false negatives
26+ As a user you can expect to have more accurate lints, with less false positives
2727and more edge cases covered. A bump into Clippy’s toolchain would not involve
2828the same risk for false positives as it has been until now. We hope that by
2929upping the standard for lints all around the project we can allow users to
3030expect even more from the already great linter.
3131
3232If you have a lint which you want to be implemented, you can still open an
33- issue for it, but no one will implement it (also, lint-adding pull requests
34- opened after the starting date will be blocked for the duration of the period).
33+ issue for it, but PRs adding new lints won't be reviewed during the feature
34+ freeze. Instead, they will be put into a queue and reviewed (and merged) after
35+ the feature freeze is over.
3536
36- Note that pull requests opened before the starting date can still be reviewed
37- and merged, but unless they are already in a very advanced state they will not
38- be prioritized over bugfixes.
37+ > Open pull requests that add new lints and are in a ** very** advanced state
38+ > might still get reviewed and/or merged during the feature freeze.
3939
4040## Can I help?
4141
4242As always, any help on the project is very appreciated. Apart from opening bug
4343reports, you can follow [ our contributing guidelines] and check [ our suggested
44- good first issues] for opening pull requests . Everything from fixing diagnostic
44+ good first issues] for opening pull requests. Everything from fixing diagnostic
4545issues and improving documentation, to fixing application-wide crashes
4646really helps Clippy get into the excellent state that our users deserve.
4747
4848If you need direct help when fixing a bug, don't hesitate to open a thread on
49- Zulip, or to open the PR with the questions you have in order to start the
50- feedback stream.
49+ [ Zulip] and/ or open a draft PR with the questions you have in order to start
50+ the feedback stream.
5151
5252## Conclusion
5353
5454Thanks a lot for all these years of supporting Clippy, we hope that via this
5555little feature hiatus we can achieve the excellence that the Rust user base
56- deserves (if that's even possible).
56+ deserves.
5757
5858[ our contributing guidelines ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
5959[ our suggested good first issues ] : < !-- ADD HERE OUR TRACKING ISSUE -- >
60-
60+ [ Zulip ] : https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/257328-clippy
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