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raoulj | 3 years ago

What is the reason to not have a central package index? I find that having one speeds up my development significantly. Is there more reason than decentralization?

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bsder|3 years ago

Decentralization is good.

I'm really not a fan of what has happened in the Rust community with crates.

The fact that there is a single blessed Rust crate source and the fact that the Rust community doesn't take responsibility for vetting crates means that maintainership changes, name squatting gold rush, and a whole host of pathological behaviors show up.

If you're not going to take responsibility, then the only option is to leave everything decentralized.