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+[package]
+name = "ovsdb-client"
+version = "0.0.1"
+edition = "2021"
+description = "Async Rust client for the Open vSwitch Database Protocol with monitoring support"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+keywords = ["ovsdb", "ovs", "openvswitch", "database", "networking"]
+categories = ["database", "network-programming", "api-bindings", "asynchronous"]
+repository = "https://review.vexxhost.dev/plugins/gitiles/ovsdb"
+
+[dependencies]
+bytes = "1.10.1"
+futures-util = { version = "0.3.31" }
+jsonrpsee = { version = "0.24.8", features = ["async-client", "client-core", "macros"] }
+serde = "1.0.218"
+serde_json = "1.0.140"
+thiserror = "2.0.12"
+tokio = { version = "1.43.0", features = ["net", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+tokio-util = { version = "0.7.13", features = ["codec"] }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tracing = "0.1.41"
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3.19"