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Could rust do with a crates.io alternative? (programming.dev)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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To me, the two major problems are:

no namespaces

Someone uploads "serde2"? that's blocked forever. Someone uploads a typo version of a popular package? Too bad for you, learn how to type.

the github connection

If you want to contribute to crates.io you're bound to github. No gitlab, codeberg, gitee, sourcehut, etc.

Not sure if there are any other problems, but those two seem like the biggest things and #1 is AFAIK not something they ever want to change + it would be difficult to as one would need a migration strategy.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Semver checks don’t work with straight git urls, since you can only link to an explicit branch or commit, not a version.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

version can be passed with git actually. And it will need to match with the version set in Cargo.toml from the git source.

I wouldn't call that an alternative to crate registries though (of which, crates.io is only one impl).

Also tangentially related, cargo-vendor is a thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Semver strings allows stuff like "version 2.5.x, but below 2.5.6". Then cargo calculates the best solution for satisfying all dependency specifications from all packages using a single version (if possible).

Specifying a version in addition to the git branch doesn't help there at all, because you still have to do it manually then.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yes. That is in part why I mentioned that it's not a real alternative, and mentioned cargo-vendor as a possible basis for a less manual serviceable solution.

Serviceable, but not necessarily good still. Anti-crates.io extremists would still be better off using an alternative crates registry*.

* That's something that already exists btw. True extremists don't have to wait for the HN leak-promised Good Stuff.