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		personjerry on Aug 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: CLI tool for saving web pages as a single... `cargo install` install 237 packages for this?! I don't think that's acceptable.

Deukhoofd on Aug 23, 2019 | [–]

Probably the reqwest crate. That thing alone uses like 30 crates, not including the dependencies of those crates.

flatroze on Aug 23, 2019 | | [–]

The compile time is rather long as well, I'm looking into ways of reducing the amount of dependencies.

codegladiator on Aug 23, 2019 | [–]

Then don't accept it. What's with the number of packages or size ?

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