What's public?

[andy-hanson]

The tslint npm package contains autogenerated .d.ts files from source file.
Presumably only index.d.ts is public though?
Is there a way that only that can be published?

[adidahiya]

We generally consider the public API to include symbols exported from index.d.ts. Users may import symbols from submodules, but those are not guaranteed to be stable or follow semver.

// ok
import { Linter } from "tslint";

// use at your own risk
import * as LanguageUtils from "tslint/lib/language/utils";

Excluding "non-public" types from the distribution seems like extra effort & complexity that doesn't provide many benefits. We might consider marking certain things we really don't want to make available as /** @internal */ to elide them from typings, but there would have to be a convincing reason to do it.

[JoshuaKGoldberg]

SGTM. Is this documented anywhere?

[JoshuaKGoldberg]

💀 It's time! 💀

TSLint is being deprecated and no longer accepting pull requests for major new changes or features. See #4534. 😱

If you'd like to see this change implemented, you have two choices:

• Recommended: Check if this is available in ESLint + typescript-eslint ✅
• Not Recommended: Fork TSLint locally 🤷‍♂️

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[JoshuaKGoldberg]

🤖 Beep boop! 👉 TSLint is deprecated 👈 (#4534) and you should switch to typescript-eslint! 🤖

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