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262 sats \ 3 replies \ @chaoticalHeavy 7h \ on: Linux Kernel Drama devs
Linux kernel maintainers are unwilling for the patch
The way I heard it was:
  • a component needs a patch to support Rust programming in the kernel
  • the maintainer of the component won't accept the patch because he can't understand Rust code 1
  • the author of the Rust patch is upset because now there is no way Rust components can be integrated into the kernel.
  • Linus let this go on so long that the Rust developer decided to "raise his voice"
  • Linus is not going to piss off all the old C programmers that maintain Linux.

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  1. I also heard the maintainer didn't even look at the patch because if he had looked he would have seen it would not affect any existing C code. ↩
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @zuspotirko OP 7h
the maintainer of the component won't accept the patch because he can't understand Rust code
It's a common accusation in the Linux/FOSS world that people block merges and leave nitpicking comments about code they didn't even try to understand and just glanced at. I don't know how real it is. But I certainly know that the Linux world is full of people with this attitude.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 7h
I think it's FOSS attitude of "I can do whatever I want if I am the maintainer" (which is true)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko OP 7h
True, if they don't like it, they could just fork away.
However, the fork would never have the resources that mainline Linux has. And as long as Linus is alive, it likely wouldn't succeed.
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