keyword nostd vs no_std vs category no-std

[gnzlbg]

There are currently 7 crates using the keyword nostd and 104 crates using the keyword no_std in their manifest files:

• https://crates.io/keywords/nostd
• https://crates.io/keywords/no_std

Then there is the category no-std with 223 crates:

• https://crates.io/categories/no-std

Many of the crates using those keywords are not using the no-std category.

With the current state of affairs I need to do 3 independent queries to find crates that work in no_std environments that are relevant to each of my use cases. I'd rather just do 1 query in the no-std category.

Potential actions:

• cargo publish could forbid using nostd and no_std as a keyword from now on and recommend the user to choose the no-std category instead.

• crates.io could map the existing crates that have the nostd or no_std keywords into the no-std category.

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[gnzlbg]

Is this still relevant?

Yes.

If so, what is blocking it?

Nothing.

[epage]

crates.io manages the relevant validation for this (though we do have rust-lang/cargo#4377). Going to transfer this over to them.

[epage]

FYI rust-lang/rfcs#3875 will elevate no_std into the dependency tree which could allow for the UI to make this visible outside of keywords and categories.