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Update cortex-m-rt on crates.io to include skip-data-copy feature

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust

Research direction

Start by reviewing commit 6f0414c and comparing the current cortex-m-rt release with the package on crates.io. Follow the repository's release process to publish a version that includes skip-data-copy, then verify that the feature is available from the new crates.io release.

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Description

The skip-data-copy feature was added in commit 6f0414c and is not included in the latest release on crates.io. Could a new release be cut to make this feature available?

Dominant language
Rust
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Forks
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Avg merge
1h 8m
Merged PRs (30d)
2

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