chore: optimize local development profiles

[aviator5]

Applies the dev-profile debuginfo tuning from the
Cargo build performance guide:
line tables only for workspace crates, no debuginfo for dependencies, plus a debugging
profile that restores everything on demand. release is untouched.

Method. Two independent passes per configuration on macOS 14.8.4 / 10 cores /
rustc 1.95.0, each pass: cargo clean → cold build → build test binaries → run tests →
touch gts/src/lib.rs + rebuild. All passes green. No sccache, no CARGO_INCREMENTAL.

Artifact size

Deterministic — both passes agreed within 0.4%.

Artifact	before	after	delta
target/ after cargo build --workspace	934 MiB	612 MiB	−34%
target/ after building test binaries	2.35 GiB	1.28 GiB	−45%
target/ full (build + test + incremental)	3.09 GiB	1.95 GiB	−37%
target/debug/deps	1.72 GiB	802 MiB	−55%
target/debug/gts binary	27.2 MiB	22.7 MiB	−17%

Timing

Seconds, pass 1 / pass 2.

Step	before	after	Verdict
cold cargo build --workspace	20 / 19	21 / 16	within noise
cargo test --workspace --no-run	25 / 24	15 / 11	~2x faster
cargo test --workspace (warm run)	43 / 29	29 / 28	unchanged (43 = outlier)
incremental rebuild after a touch	8 / 2	2 / 2	unchanged
cargo test after a touch	42 / 21	20 / 18	−3s

Interpretation

• The reliable win is disk: −37% on target/, −55% on deps/.
• The only step that measurably speeds up is building test binaries, ~2x — that graph has
  ~300 units and many linked executables, where linking debuginfo dominated.
• Cold build and test execution do not move: the former is bound by codegen, the latter by
  the tests themselves.
• Single-shot timings are noisy here (baseline pass 1 gave 43s/8s where pass 2 gave 29s/2s),
  hence two passes.

Notes

• Backtraces still carry file:line for workspace frames. Verified at object level:
  objects from libgts-*.rlib have __debug_line/__debug_info, objects from
  libserde_json-*.rlib have neither.
• The upstream snippet needs two extra blocks. [profile.dev.package."*"] is inherited
  by custom profiles, so on its own --profile debugging covers only workspace crates:
  9 of 228 units at debuginfo=2, 224 with [profile.debugging.package."*"], and all 228
  with [profile.debugging.build-override] on top. The last four are build scripts and the
  host-side proc-macro copies rustc loads during macro expansion, which neither the profile
  nor the package override reaches. Cost of covering dependencies: +3s on a cold build and
  +0.55 GiB.
• The profile costs nothing while unused — it builds into target/debugging/, leaves
  target/debug alone, and can be deleted at any time. IDE debug configurations point at
  target/debug/, so they need updating to use it.

Rejected alongside

• incremental = true, opt-level = 0 for dependencies, a duplicate [profile.test] block —
  all no-ops: already the defaults, and test inherits dev.
• split-debuginfo = "unpacked" — already the macOS default for dev profiles, and Windows
  MSVC only supports packed. Windows is in the CI matrix.
• .cargo/config.toml with rustc-wrapper = "sccache" and a make nextest target — the
  wrapper is a hard build requirement for anyone without the binary, and cargo nextest run
  skips doctests (~42 rustdoc code fences here), so it cannot replace make test.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Performance
  • Improved development and test build times by reducing debug information while retaining useful line-level debugging.
  • Added an optional debugging configuration with full debug information for deeper troubleshooting.

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The Cargo configuration reduces debuginfo in default development builds and adds a debugging profile with full debuginfo for workspace code, dependencies, build scripts, and procedural macros.

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Cargo Profiles

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configure development profiles Cargo.toml	The default development profile retains workspace line tables and disables dependency debuginfo. The debugging profile inherits from dev and enables full debuginfo for workspace crates, dependencies, build scripts, and procedural macros.

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In `@Cargo.toml`:
- Around line 214-219: Update the profile.debugging configuration to include
build-override settings covering workspace build scripts and proc-macro targets
such as gts-id/build.rs and gts-macros, enabling full debug information for
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