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+# Configuration for the Jekyll template "Just the Docs"
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+parent: Decisions
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+title: Define common linting and formating rules for Rust in OpenSOVD
+
+status: "proposed"
+date: 2026-02-6
+---
+
+# Define common linting and formating rules for Rust in OpenSOVD
+
+## Context and Problem Statement
+
+The goal is to formalize the usage of linting rules for rust using clippy and
+set common codestyle rules applied through rustfmt.
+This will help having a single style across the different components which
+improves understandability and readability across the project context and hence
+facilitates easier maintainability long-term.
+
+## Considered Options
+
+- Adopting the existing ruleset used in OpenSOVD CDA
+  [[1]](https://github.com/eclipse-opensovd/classic-diagnostic-adapter/blob/main/CODESTYLE.md)
+  [[2]](https://github.com/eclipse-opensovd/classic-diagnostic-adapter/blob/main/Cargo.toml#L124)
+- Defining a new set of common rules
+
+## Decision Outcome
+
+TBD
+
+## Pros and Cons of the Options
+
+### Adopting the existing ruleset used in OpenSOVD CDA
+
+The ruleset in the CDA is based on the [clippy::pedantic](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/clippy/lints.html#pedantic)
+set of lints with additional formatting rules related to import grouping and
+ordering.
+In addition to the pedantic ruleset following lints are explicitly enabled with
+the reasoning attached:
+
+```toml
+## lints related to runtime panic behavior
+# enforce only checked access to slices to avoid runtime panics
+indexing_slicing = "deny"
+# disallow any unwraps in the production code
+# (unwrap in test code is explicitly allowed)
+unwrap_used = "deny"
+# enforce that arithmetic operations that can produce side effects always use
+# either checked or explicit versions of the operations. eg. `.checked_add(...)`
+# or `.saturating_sub(...)` to avoid unexpected runtime behavior or panics.
+arithmetic_side_effects = "deny"
+## lints related to readability of code
+# enforce that references are cloned via eg. `Arc::clone` instead of `.clone()`
+# making it explit that a reference is cloned here and not the underlying data.
+clone_on_ref_ptr = "warn"
+# enforce that the type suffix of a literal is always appended directly
+# eg. 12u8 instead of 12_u8
+separated_literal_suffix = "deny"
+```
+
+- Good: the relatively high restrictions enforce via tooling that contributions
+  need to have a specific codestyle and coding standard, which makes it easier on
+  the reviews
+
+### Defining a new set of common rules
+
+With this option the idea is to take a look at what the CDA currently does and
+mark things that people deem too restrictive as optional with appropriate
+recommendations attached.
+
+- Good: potentially easier for new projects built upon existing codebases to
+  adapt to
+- Negative: Could potentially lead to more fragmentation with regards to codestyle
+  across the project