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