Show reverse dependencies

[winding-lines]

I see that the rust server already has an API for fetching reverse dependencies. Is there a plan/desire to add this information to the Ember app?

Also is it possible to get a dump of the postgres database to have some real data when playing with the application locally?

[huonw]

It is actually accessible, just not linked from anywhere, e.g. https://crates.io/crates/gcc/reverse_dependencies

(This bug can cover linking it in a sensible way.)

[alexcrichton]

Unfortunately we don't have a great way to see a local database currently, but if you're only tweaking the UI you don't actually need a database running.

[winding-lines]

@alexcrichton I have the rust server running locally, would love to drop the real database in my dockerized postgres. I am more of a server engineer, just starting with Rust.

Do you want me to try to submit a PR for linking the reverse dependencies or is there some other more backend heavy feature/bug I can help with?

[alexcrichton]

Now that we've got a more prominent location for links than we used to, I think I'd be fine just adding a link to the reverse dependencies page.

[brendanzab]

👍

I constantly see 'got to the /reverse_dependencies page pointed out in IRC. Folks are always surprised and say, 'that's amazing!' or something. :)

[alexcrichton]

cc @Turbo87

an easy thing that could be added to the links sections for crates! Now that you've fixed the bugs on the page I think it'd be fine to just show it.