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+[package]
+name = "tomcat"
+version = "0.0.1"
+edition = "2021"
+license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
+authors = [ "Emma Tebibyte <emma@tebibyte.media>" ]
+
+[dependencies]
+toml = "0.5.9"
+
+[profile.release]
+strip = true  # strip symbols from the binary
+opt-level = "z" # optimize for size
+lto = true # link time optimization
+codegen-units = 1 # decrease parallelization
+panic = "abort"