[unstable option] format_strings

[scampi]

Tracking issue for unstable option: format_strings

[ayazhafiz]

blocked by: #4036

[AurevoirXavier]

blocked by: #4036

It looks like no more block.

[corneliusroemer]

Would be great if this could get merged @ayazhafiz

[ytmimi]

@corneliusroemer unfortunately there are still some outstanding issues that are going to block stabilization. For example #4323, #5138, #5003. There are likely others, but I was able to quickly find those in the issue tracker

[yodaldevoid]

Both #4323 and #5138 may have been resolved by #5201, though this obviously needs testing.

[ytmimi]

@yodaldevoid thanks for pointing that out. If you've got the bandwidth or interest to test the associated code snippets on the latest master that would be great, otherwise I can look into this a little later!

[calebcartwright]

We have a well documented process for stabilizing options and all options are presumed to need to remain unstable unless and until they can easily clear those thresholds, regardless of whether an option is 5 days old or 5 years old.

This option is still unstable because that hasn't happened yet. Additionally, there are a number of outstanding questions associated with this option, particularly as it relates to desired break points as well as whether this option could/should be used to unwrap/collapse broken strings.

One challenge we currently have, and where the community could help (especially if you'd like to see an option stabilized), is that there are a number of open, config option related bugs on the backlog that haven't been linked to the corresponding tracking issue. Even something as small as that (which anyone with a GitHub account could do) would be a small but useful step towards stabilization, and as discussed in the last couple comments, fixing or even just reconfirming associated bugs would be helpful too.