Provided reasons for yanked crates

[nikomatsakis]

Metadata
Owner(s)	@Rustin170506
Team(s)	cargo, crates-io
Goal document	2024h2/yank-crates-with-a-reason

Summary

Over the next 6 months, we will add support to the registry yank API for providing a reason when a crate is yanked. This reason can then be displayed to users. After this feature has been up and running for a while, we'll open it up to Cargo to support filling in the reason for yanking.

Tasks and status

• [ ] Yank crates with a reason
  • [ ] Implementation (@Rustin170506)
  • [ ] Standard reviews (crates-io )
  • [ ] Try it out in crates.io (crates-io )
  • [ ] Author RFC (@Rustin170506)
  • [ ] Approve RFC (cargo, crates-io )
  • [ ] Implementation in Cargo side (@Rustin170506)
  • [ ] Inside Rust blog post inviting feedback (@Rustin170506)
  • [ ] Stabilization decision (cargo )

[nikomatsakis]

This issue is intended for status updates only.

For general questions or comments, please contact the owner(s) directly.

[Rustin170506]

Update(2024-07-30): Created an issue on the crates.io side, and let's start discussing how to implement it on the crates.io side first. See: https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io/issues/9193

[Rustin170506]

Update(2024-08-15): I have written a detailed API design, feel free to discuss it at https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io/issues/9193#issuecomment-2291379632

[Rustin170506]

Updated(2024-09-13): I have created the initial PR for it. See: https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io/pull/9423