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RUSTSEC-2021-0139: ansi_term is Unmaintained

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
security

Research direction

The issue identifies the unmaintained Rust package ansi_term 0.12.1 and lists possible alternatives, but names no project files or tests. Start by locating the dependency and its usages in the repository, then evaluate the listed alternatives; done means the unmaintained dependency is replaced and the relevant checks pass.

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Description

ansi_term is Unmaintained

Details
Status unmaintained
Package ansi_term
Version 0.12.1
URL https://github.com/ogham/rust-ansi-term/issues/72
Date 2021-08-18

The maintainer has advised that this crate is deprecated and will not receive any maintenance.

The crate does not seem to have much dependencies and may or may not be ok to use as-is.

Last release seems to have been three years ago.

Possible Alternative(s)

The below list has not been vetted in any way and may or may not contain alternatives;

Dependency Specific Migration(s)

See advisory page for additional details.

Dominant language
Rust
Stars
13
Forks
5
Avg merge
8d 4h
Merged PRs (30d)
14

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