• mo_ztt ✅@lemmy.worldEnglish
    442·
    10 months ago

    The dev’s explanation, in full, is:

    The precompiled implementation is the only supported way to use the macros that are published in serde_derive.

    If there is implementation work needed in some build tools to accommodate it, someone should feel free to do that work (as I have done for Buck and Bazel, which are tools I use and contribute significantly to) or publish your own fork of the source code under a different name.

    Separately, regarding the commentary above about security, the best path forward would be for one of the people who cares about this to invest in a Cargo or crates.io RFC around first-class precompiled macros so that there is an approach that would suit your preferences; serde_derive would adopt that when available.

    Not “Here’s why I’m doing this, it might seem weird but there’s a good reason” or anything. Just, go fuck yourself, run my binary.

    I smell a similar resolution to the xfree86 -> xorg transition, where the community unanimously abandons serde in favor of the fork.

      • Marzepansion@programming.devEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        If you read the linked post there you’ll see that it’s about devs discussing Serde’s actions on the GH issue. How are they not related?

        • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          They’re related. I was merely adding context here, because the comment only said it is related, but not how. (Hence why I put the supposed question in italics.) The context I would have liked to immediately know if I want to follow the link or not.