To be honest I think #2 was applied a bit too broadly. Sure rustc gets scrutiny but the std isn't the easiest library to contribute to. Not only is it large (by

To be honest I think #2 was applied a bit too broadly. Sure rustc gets scrutiny but the std isn't the easiest library to contribute to. Not only is it large (by rust crate standards) but it's also tied to the compiler which adds another barrier to contributions. Mind you, increasingly parts of the std are more like wrappers around third party crates e.g. hashbrown and parking_lot.