From 19ed5b7faf7fd331151e6816c19de8292d4fc889 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Gardner Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 12:31:56 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add crates.io wildcard end date to FAQ This adds a bolded message to the FAQ clarifying the last date crates.io will accept crates with wildcard dependencies. Closes rust-lang/crates.io#200 --- src/doc/faq.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/doc/faq.md b/src/doc/faq.md index fc1d9416e..a3b454777 100644 --- a/src/doc/faq.md +++ b/src/doc/faq.md @@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ picture to decide what versions of dependencies should be used. # Can libraries use `*` as a version for their dependencies? +**Starting December 11th, 2015, crates.io will begin rejecting packages with +wildcard dependency constraints.** + While they _can_, strictly speaking, they should not. A version requirement of `*` says “This will work with every version ever,” which is never going to be true. Libraries should always specifiy the range that they do work with, -- 2.30.2