Current state of cargo-build-system

[Ivan Petkov]

Hello Guix!

I'm new to both Guix and Guile/Scheme and decided to get my feet wet by

attempting to package a non-trivial Rust crate into Guix.

This seems like something others have tried before me with varying degrees of

success (I found this thread from a few years ago which doesn't seem to have

resolved in any way https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-01/msg00306.html).

I ran into a host of issues myself, but I was able to prototype some changes

which allowed me to make some progress. Happy to keep hacking on this, but

ultimately I need some insight/guidance on the proper ways to build this out in

Guix :)

But before I propose any new changes, I wanted to check, what is the current

state cargo/crates in Guix from a community perspective?

Are there any philosophical or technical blockers that preclude pulling in

packages from crates.io, or is it just a matter of chipping away at the problem?

--Ivan