cargo-bins/cargo-binstall v0.9.2

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Binstall is a tool to fetch and install Rust-based executables as binaries. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for cargo install in most cases. Install it today with cargo install cargo-binstall, from the binaries below, or if you already have it, upgrade with cargo binstall cargo-binstall.

In this release:

• New: support for Tar+Bzip2 (#181) by @qryxip
• New: --secure and --min-tls-version options to disable insecure transports (#189) by @NobodyXu and @passcod
• Improved: streaming downloads and unpacking such that no more data than necessary is held in memory, preventing OOM situations. (#168, #179) by @NobodyXu
• Improved: target detection on Windows and Mac (#191, #193) by @NobodyXu

Other changes:

• Various performance improvements courtesy of @NobodyXu:
  • QuickInstall reporting in the background (#166)
  • Fetching metadata from crates.io (#180, #188)
  • Detecting the install target (#192)
  • Performing filesystem I/O (#194)
  • Performing stdout/stderr I/O (#171)
• CI: unit tests (#169) by @NobodyXu