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3 stories tagged cargo, newest first.

Screenshot of github.com: Emitting metadata early makes building/checking Rust up to twice as fast

Emitting metadata early makes building/checking Rust up to twice as fast (github.com)

132 points by knuckleheads 22 days ago | 32 comments

GitHub repository for Headstart, patches to rustc and cargo that start dependent crates before their dependencies finish type-checking by emitting metadata early.

rust cargo rustc compile-times

Screenshot of nesbitt.io: Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out

Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out (nesbitt.io)

742 points by birdculture 10 months ago | 426 comments

Andrew Nesbitt's blog post arguing that package managers like Cargo repeatedly use git repositories as registry databases and run into scaling problems.

package-managers git cargo crates-io

Screenshot of vincents.dev: Rust’s dependencies are starting to worry me

Rust’s dependencies are starting to worry me (vincents.dev)

378 points by chaosprint 1 year ago | 494 comments

Blog post by a Rust enthusiast expressing concern about the number and trustworthiness of dependencies pulled in from crates.io in Rust projects.

rust crates-io dependencies supply-chain

#cargo on Hacker News

Emitting metadata early makes building/checking Rust up to twice as fast(github.com)

Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out(nesbitt.io)

Rust’s dependencies are starting to worry me(vincents.dev)

Emitting metadata early makes building/checking Rust up to twice as fast (github.com)

Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out (nesbitt.io)

Rust’s dependencies are starting to worry me (vincents.dev)