Child Thread: Survey of alternative identifier designs for Cargo and Crates.io

Neutron3529:

request#seanmonstar

It took me a minute to realize this was a user name.

What about very similar to the libc#9274 in the OP, it's just a series of words that map to the server generated identifier: libc#persuasive-octopus

The identity of the crate is district from who / what org owns it.

Neutron3529:

No updates in the newest edition, In this case, the challenge could be responsed by publish an upgraded version in (for example) 90 days.

It seems strange to require publishing new versions if it's not for a code change.