@michalfita I don't want to take over. I want to offer a place to those who can't or don't want to use github because of Microsoft's policies or because they see the potential disaster and boycott MS (like myself).
And if MS turns evil, maybe the alternative registry could make things a little less painful.

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Hey #rust community, crazy idea:A crate registry without #Microsoft as a gatekeeper -
Hey #rust community, crazy idea:A crate registry without #Microsoft as a gatekeeper@soc More like: that's outside of my ability but I wish success to you making it happen
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Hey #rust community, crazy idea:A crate registry without #Microsoft as a gatekeeper@soc I'm open to the idea, but:
- out of scope on day 1.
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Hey #rust community, crazy idea:A crate registry without #Microsoft as a gatekeeperI was thinking about calling it "Tempelhof", because I thought about it in Berlin (hi #akademy2025 ) and to remember a famous history of avoiding another gatekeeper:
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Hey #rust community, crazy idea:A crate registry without #Microsoft as a gatekeeperHey #rust community, crazy idea:
A crate registry without #Microsoft as a gatekeeper.
If I started one, would you publish your library there?
What should I name it?
Background:
you can't publish on crates.io without #Github account = #microsoft's permission.
https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io/issues/326
As we all know, Microsoft has a history of supporting #Linux and we should trust them.
https://www.theregister.com/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/
pffft lol. Just no.