Support optional namespacing for registries that support it #8266
Description
Support registries that will allow optional namespacing
[dependencies]
foo = { package = "richard/foo", version = "0.2", registry="richard_registry" }Describe the solution you'd like
Allow a package creator to build a Rust app with a registry that supports namespacing ( a single forward slash )
All naming rules still apply, just the addition of a single forward slash.
Examples:
richard/foo
richard_co/foo
richard-co/foo
Namespace names have the same requirements as package names.
Why forward slash?
Two names separated by a forward slash is a very common convention in most package management systems.
Notes
- This issue has nothing to do with changing crates.io, it is simply about making it an option for alternative registries that do.
- This feature won't prevent people from using registries that don't support optional namespacing if those registries match their name desires better.
- in the bizarre edge case I have two namespaced packages with same name, i'd just alias them appropriately
foo = { package="richard/foo", registry="richard_registry" }
sam_foo = { package="sam/foo", registry="sam_registry" }