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In the Flutter framework, only the foundation library is allowed to import package:meta. If other parts of the Flutter framework want to use package:meta, they must do so through the foundation library by exporting the desired package:meta member. This requirement is enforced through dev/bots/analyze.dart here.

This exports the internal attribute so that it can be used by the Flutter framework. This change was split off from #168437 as it might cause problems in google3 if there is code that imports both package:meta/meta.dart and package:flutter/foundation.dart.

I will get a test exemption.

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go_router will need to be updated before this can land: flutter/packages#9434

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LGTM 👍

Could you explain in more detail why this has to be exported? I guess that since debugEnabledFeatureFlags will be marked as internal in your other PR, users that import debugEnabledFeatureFlags need to also import internal?

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@justinmc Good question! I added this to the PR description:

In the Flutter framework, only the foundation library is allowed to import package:meta. If other parts of the Flutter framework want to use package:meta, they must do so through the foundation library by exporting the desired package:meta member from the foundation library. This requirement is enforced through dev/bots/analyze.dart here.

It's not very clear to me why the Flutter framework has this package:meta restriction though.

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stuartmorgan-g commented Jun 17, 2025

test-exempt: code refactor with no semantic change

(Based on Discord discussion, apparently the convention in the framework is that the exported surface is only important to the extent that it affects customer tests, and so even though this is effectively new public API, it's not something we directly enforce via tests.)

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@loic-sharma Just checking on this PR from triage, let me know if anything is still needed.

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Nope, this is good to go - submitting!

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In the Flutter framework, only the `foundation` library is allowed to
import `package:meta`. If other parts of the Flutter framework want to
use `package:meta`, they must do so through the `foundation` library by
exporting the desired `package:meta` member. This requirement is
enforced through `dev/bots/analyze.dart`
[here](https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/dev/bots/analyze.dart#L2749-L2750).

This exports the `internal` attribute so that it can be used by the
Flutter framework. This change was split off from
flutter#168437 as it might cause
problems in google3 if there is code that imports both
`package:meta/meta.dart` and `package:flutter/foundation.dart`.

I will get a test exemption.

Part of: flutter#167668

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2025-06-25 mdebbar@google.com Revert "Move `web_long_running_tests_{1,5}_5` to `bringup`." (flutter/flutter#171100)
2025-06-25 bruno.leroux@gmail.com Add missing M3 tests for InputDecoration.isDense (flutter/flutter#171058)
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eseidel commented Sep 5, 2025

Btw, changing this export list can cause some confusion if you have a project which is intended to build with multiple versions of Flutter. Because now that 3.35.x includes this export, the analyzer will remove (I think?) the package:meta import you previously had, causing your sources to now only compile with Flutter 3.35.0 or later, even if you wanted to be able to compile with more than that.

I'm not sure that matters a ton? But it came up today with a Shorebird customer. shorebirdtech/shorebird#3300

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