Deprecate authors field in cargo.json (SchemaStore#5566)

jelrwi · ya7010 · web-flow · commit 2fa3201d9a5f · 2026-04-12T12:47:06.000Z
Co-authored-by: ya7010 &lt;ya7010@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/src/schemas/json/cargo.json b/src/schemas/json/cargo.json
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@
         },
         "authors": {
           "title": "Authors",
-          "description": "The `authors` field lists people or organizations that are considered the\n\"authors\" of the package. The exact meaning is open to interpretation — it may\nlist the original or primary authors, current maintainers, or owners of the\npackage. These names will be listed on the crate's page on\n[crates.io](https://crates.io). An optional email address may be included within angled\nbrackets at the end of each author.\n\n> **Note**: [crates.io](https://crates.io) requires at least one author to be listed.",
+          "description": "The `authors` field lists people or organizations that are considered the\n\"authors\" of the package. The exact meaning is open to interpretation — it may\nlist the original or primary authors, current maintainers, or owners of the\npackage. These names will be listed on the crate's page on\n[crates.io](https://crates.io). An optional email address may be included within angled\nbrackets at the end of each author.\n\n> **Note**: This field is deprecated.",
           "anyOf": [
             {
               "$ref": "#/definitions/Authors"

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`@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@`
`459`	`459`	`},`
`460`	`460`	`"authors": {`
`461`	`461`	`"title": "Authors",`
`462`		- "description": "The `authors` field lists people or organizations that are considered the\n\"authors\" of the package. The exact meaning is open to interpretation — it may\nlist the original or primary authors, current maintainers, or owners of the\npackage. These names will be listed on the crate's page on\n[crates.io](https://crates.io). An optional email address may be included within angled\nbrackets at the end of each author.\n\n> Note: [crates.io](https://crates.io) requires at least one author to be listed.",
	`462`	+ "description": "The `authors` field lists people or organizations that are considered the\n\"authors\" of the package. The exact meaning is open to interpretation — it may\nlist the original or primary authors, current maintainers, or owners of the\npackage. These names will be listed on the crate's page on\n[crates.io](https://crates.io). An optional email address may be included within angled\nbrackets at the end of each author.\n\n> Note: This field is deprecated.",
`463`	`463`	`"anyOf": [`
`464`	`464`	`{`
`465`	`465`	`"$ref": "#/definitions/Authors"`