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As this isn't an unresolved question for us, I wasn't quite sure where to put it but felt like I should acknowledge the dilemna they are facing somewhere.
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- How precisely should this be represented in the index trie?
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- How we should name the `.crate` file / download URL
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Third-parties, like Linux distributions, will need to decide how to encode
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cargo package names in their distribution package names according to their
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individual rules.
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Compared to existing ecosystems with namespaces that they package, the only new
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wrinkle is that there can be 0-1 namespace levels.
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# Future possibilities
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We can allow multiple layers of nesting if people want it.

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