Domains are, sure but the space is much much larger. With namespaces the space is for example namespace x crate instead of just crate. With domains it’s impossibly large. And if you introduce some kind verification with domains e.g putting something in the DNS TEXT entry, or calling a well-known path, or or or, you basically can’t squat anything well-known anymore.
As for github, you must have a github account to create a crate on crates.io. to my knowledge there is no alternative crates registry. Point me to one if you do, because I’d be grateful and willing to publish my crates there.
Domain are also susceptible to being hijacked, unfortunately.
Also what do you mean by github only?
Domains are, sure but the space is much much larger. With namespaces the space is for example
namespace x crateinstead of justcrate. With domains it’s impossibly large. And if you introduce some kind verification with domains e.g putting something in the DNS TEXT entry, or calling a well-known path, or or or, you basically can’t squat anything well-known anymore.As for github, you must have a github account to create a crate on crates.io. to my knowledge there is no alternative crates registry. Point me to one if you do, because I’d be grateful and willing to publish my crates there.