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One thought I took home from #FOSDEM and that stuck to my mind is that apparently maintainers don't love cargo as much as developers do (and that's put mildly).
Yes I've seen plenty of ranting about this too. Although I think part of it that it doesn't fit in to the way it's always been done and folks being resistant to making adjustments to accommodate it.
@wezm I wouldn't say it's even real resistance, but rather some required changes that challenge the status quo (on both sides, package maintainers as well as devs of cargo et al). Some of that is just a lot of work while a lot also requires loads of discussions before the direction is clear.
@silwol Yeah that's fair. Some choices on the Rust side (especially earlier in its history) didn't really seem to have much concern for distribution, packaging, or portability.
Looks like you were in that very same BoF seesion… 😉