GitHub shouldn't be a dependency for publishing Rust on crates.io

Rust's package registry crates.io has become tightly coupled with GitHub, raising concerns about vendor lock-in and infrastructure risk. According to discussion on Hacker News, developers publishing Rust packages are effectively required to use GitHub—meaning a service disruption or policy change at that platform could cascade through the entire Rust ecosystem. The argument: crates.io should support alternative Git hosting providers and authentication methods to reduce this critical dependency.

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