[Pre-RFC] `cargo package` should include fewer files by default
Rust Internals [Unofficial]
April 25, 2026
newpavlov:
to be able to execute tests on
no_stdtargets (with some minor tweaking).
This is a strong reason to use include_bytes!(). But most projects do not support running tests outside the host environment at all. I’m not saying that include_bytes!() should always be avoided; rather, that it has significant disadvantages and should be used thoughtfully rather than for all test data.
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