Support Cargo's "weak dependency features"

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Description

[dependencies]
serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true, default-features = false }

[features]
std = ["serde?/std"]

Contributor guide

Research direction

Study how cargo tally currently parses features from Cargo.toml and implement support for optional dependency features using the '?/' syntax as per RFC 3143.

Tech stack

rust

Domain

cli

Issue type

Feature

DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.

2

Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.

Half day

Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.

Fresh

ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.

Clear

Prerequisites

RustCargo

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

60