[Pre-RFC] DNS domains as package namespaces

jmillikin:

The main objection is that people often use their real-life name for a username, and sometimes they want to change their names.

Wouldn't this apply to domains as well?

jmillikin:

A cheap .com is like $15 a year,

jmillikin:

I'm not dismissing a monetary cost as "small", but when compared to the other costs involved in publishing Rust packages on crates.io it seems strange to focus on a fee that is an order of magnitude lower than any of the other costs involved (a non-smartphone computer, electric power, internet access).

I think you underestimate how much that can be for certain population especially that it requires having a credit card or bank account. In my childhood/college I was more active in FLOSS community but at the same time I had very tight budget. Not it is much cheaper but I also have much less time to be engaged in FLOSS community...

Other costs are not necessarily impossible to get. For example schools and libraries have computer labs. They are also de-facto necessities - if you are in school/college you probably need something to write coursework, have internet connection and have electricity. I doubt that incremental cost of rust contributions are $15/year.