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Re:Understanding the PURL Specification (Package URL) by donenext on Thursday June 05, 2025 @04:32PM (#44195508)
Can we completely eliminate generic as a type to remove this crutch?
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Re:Understanding the PURL Specification (Package URL) by pombreda on Thursday June 05, 2025 @05:34PM (#44196023)
All abstractions leak eventually, so we need that escape hatch IMHO. Otherwise you end up with the other issue which is that there are stuff you cannot track with PURL?
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