linter 1.31.0 plan

[pq]

1.31.0

1.31.0 is a hustle release to make a few changes into the 2.19 release. (#3848 tracks the next.)

Must Land

prefer_equal_for_default_values deprecation support

• dart-archive/linter@db94f2b (Ecosystem breaking -- will need to coordinate w/ an update to package:lints -- handle prefer_equal_for_default_values deprecation in 2.19 core#786)
• dart-archive/linter@d1c57fa

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(Doc and other non-critical changes are getting shelved for post 2.19.)

/fyi @parlough @srawlins @bwilkerson

[bwilkerson]

As I understand it, we publish the docs from main, not from what's vended into the SDK. If that's correct, those changes can be merged at any time.

The lint code updates, however, come from the version vended into the SDK, so if they don't make it in the messages won't be improved. That isn't a deal breaker, but I'd consider that to be a nice to have.

[pq]

Chatting with @stereotype441 a bit this AM, I'm convinced that we should be extra conservative and keep the cherry-pick minimal. Given that, I'll push ahead with just the prefer_equal_for_default_values changes and table the proposed changes for now.