How Cargo's new Sparse Index Protocol speeds things up, and an interview with it's creator: Arlo Siemsen!
UPDATE!!! It looks like this feature is on track to hit stable on June 1st, 2023.
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0:00 The Intro
0:18 The News (Cargo's new Sparse Index Protocol)
1:36 How to try it out
2:30 Interview with Arlo Siemsen!
2:35 What was the problem?
3:40 Impact on registry implementations.
4:02 What's your background?
4:40 How did you get into Rust?
5:27 How did you get involved in the sparse index?
6:56 We have a GitHub contact...
7:41 How the feature stabilizes
8:19 It's so fast!
9:04 Schedule for becoming the default protocol
9:57 What testers should focus on
10:46 Final thoughts
10:55 The Outro
Correction:
1:54 The config goes in .cargo/config.toml, not Cargo.toml!