Rust Users Push Back as Popular 'Serde' Project Ships Precompiled Binaries

"Serde, a popular Rust (de)serialization project, has decided to ship its serde_derive macro as a precompiled binary," reports Bleeping Computer.
"The move has generated a fair amount of push back among developers who worry about its future legal and technical implications, along with a potential for supply chain attacks, should the maintainer account publishing these binaries be compromised."According to the Rust package registry, crates.io, serde has been downloaded over 196 million times over