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As this isn't an unresolved question for us, I wasn't quite sure where
to put it but felt like I should acknowledge the dilemna they are facing
somewhere.
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Expand Up @@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ Deferred to tracking issue to be resolved pre-stabilization:
- How precisely should this be represented in the index trie?
- How we should name the `.crate` file / download URL

Third-parties, like Linux distributions, will need to decide how to encode
cargo package names in their distribution package names according to their
individual rules.
Compared to existing ecosystems with namespaces that they package, the only new
wrinkle is that there can be 0-1 namespace levels.

# Future possibilities

We can allow multiple layers of nesting if people want it.
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