Rust: crates.io: development update

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A new Rust blog post/announcement has been posted!

Since crates.io does not have releases in the classical sense, there are no release notes either. However, the crates.io team still wants to keep you all updated about the ongoing development of crates.io. This blog post is a summary of the most significant changes that we have made to crates.io in the past months.

cargo install

When looking at crates like ripgrep you will notice that the installation instructions now say cargo install ripgrep instead of cargo add ripgrep. We implemented this change to make it easier for users to install crates that have binary targets. cargo add is still the correct command to use when adding a crate as a dependency to your project, but for binary-only crates like ripgrep, cargo install is the way to go.

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