Rustacean Station
Rust Digger with Gabor Szabo
Nov 17, 2023
Gabor Szabo, creator of Rust Digger website, discusses the importance of repository links, handling crates without owners, name squatting, and upcoming work on Rust Digger.
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Quick takeaways
- Encouraging crate maintainers to include repository links promotes transparency and accessibility for open-source projects in the Rust ecosystem.
- Rust Digger aims to encourage crate maintainers to adopt modern and reliable continuous integration (CI) solutions.
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Overview of Rust Digger
Rust Digger is a website that aims to analyze Rust crates and find common practices in software development and packaging. It was created by Gabor, who also developed similar sites for Pearl, Python, and Ruby. The website collects metadata on all the crates from the crates.io database, focusing on fields like repository links and continuous integration. The goal is to provide recommendations to package maintainers and promote best practices in the Rust ecosystem.
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