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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 decentralizati
by raoulj 4y 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?
- skybrian 4y agoI don't know but hopefully there would be something like Go's module proxy, which can be replaced or turned off. https://proxy.golang.org/ https://proxy.golang.org/
- bsder 4y agoDecentralization 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.