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HEnquist / camilladsp

A flexible cross-platform IIR and FIR engine for crossovers, room correction etc.
https://henquist.github.io/
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Suggestion: Publish camilladsp to crates.io #350

Closed ameknite closed 3 months ago

ameknite commented 3 months ago

In the rust community is common to upload binaries to crates.io so it can be easier to install using:

cargo install camilladsp

or download the binaries from github using cargo binstall

cargo binstall camilladsp

This will also make easier to update the program with cargo-update:

cargo install-update camilladsp

if you like the suggestion, I could help with the github workflow

HEnquist commented 3 months ago

I'm publishing a few libraries on crates.io, for example https://crates.io/crates/rubato

I have considered publishing also camilladsp on crares.io but what has kept me from doing it is that then all dependencies must be published there too. That is normally the case, but a few times I have used forks of some libraries to get a new camilladsp version out without having to wait for the updated library. Such a version could not be published to crates.io so the version there would lag behind.

ameknite commented 3 months ago

Oh, I didn't know about that. But if you want to keep the same versions in sync, I think you can actually publish the forks with a different name to crates.io, or even vendor the crates. But, I understand it can be annoying to keep updating the forks.

The easiest solution would be to just publish to crates.io and add a disclaimer in the readme that the version could be left behind. I think it is better to have that version than none at all, but it would be up to you.

ameknite commented 3 months ago

It looks like right now camilladsp is not using any external crates. So at least the current version can be published.

HEnquist commented 3 months ago

Another point is that I think crates.io is primarily used by rust developers, mostly to find libraries and occasionally some tools they need for some project. Would anyone go looking there for something like camilladsp?

I haven't tried but cargo install should also work without publishing to crates.io, with the --git option: https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/commands/cargo-install.html#synopsis

ameknite commented 3 months ago

Yeah, I just thought it could be a nice to have for handling updates, but maybe something like homebrew might be better.

HEnquist commented 3 months ago

Yes homebrew is great. It would be neat if someone made and submitted a formula 😉