So, serde seems to be downloading and running a binary on the system without informing the user and without any user consent. Does anyone have any background information on why this is, and how this is supposed to be a good idea?
dtolnay seems like a smart guy, so I assume there is a reason for this, but it doesn’t feel ok at all.
When adding a new dependency I almost always go over the source code to see what kind of performance to expect. If
build.rs
is there - checking it takes a single click so yes to that too. Derive macro - less frequently, but you have to do it when documentation is non existent.