"Behold, a Linux maintainer openly admitting to attempting to sabotage the entire Rust for Linux project". Thoughts on this post from Marcan?
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I can't wait for Brodie to report on this!
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Yeah...until Christoph replied and confirmed what Hector was saying was true and not FUD. He didn't mince words, he said he did not want Rust in Linux whatsoever, only for new codebases, not existing ones like Linux.
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I'm going to be real with you; you are a zealot. Not even traditional linux fanboys have been as caustic as rust zealots.
Christoph is an engineer and has been for a long time. There are probably considerations he is making that you either cannot or are refusing to fathom. He's clearly not against rust in general, just in mixing languages in one codebase.
To be clear though, I personally don't have a horse in this race, I am speaking somewhat as an outside observer, so i gain nothing from you getting your way or Christoph his.
Stop and think without attributing malice to why someone in his position would make the statements and decisions he's making. He's not an idiot.
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We should be looking at his given reasons, not making assumptions based on some ineffable set of considerations that he might have.
Christof's given reason of complexity is sensible, it's also one already considered when allowing R4L in the first place; adding rust language support has been deemed worth the additional complexity.
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it's often the people saying "don't listen to all the drama" that are making drama.
chill out. the guy has relevant concerns, and they matter deeply to him. ..and they matter deeply to us, the users of Linux. Rust on the kernel is a good step forward, but processes need to be in place not just for code, but for people who will be dealing with a new language in their formerly-c-only environment.
win hearts and minds, don't just kick the nest and blame the hornets if they sting you. recognize needs, even of those who are stubborn, and address them.
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Deemed by who though?
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Either Linus or Greg K-H, likely after feedback from many others.
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I didn't attribute it to malice, I said that the OP's post is correct that Christoph's stance is hardline and a complete showstopper for the R4L project. His reasoning is likely one of pragmatism, by the sounds of it, and it's reasonable, but I simply don't agree given Rust's history as a language used in a codebase historically using another language (Firefox). The success stories there are already written, the language has developed with that in mind already. He's not being ridiculous or malicious, he's just being conservative and playing it safe, but that still gets in the way.
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„Why don’t you like that thing that I like!?”
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Reading the whole thread seemed like a boomer crying that young people are ruin8ng stuff by adding new fangled stuff to their perfect utopian bloat.
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I get the feeling that it would be more feasible to build a separate kernel at this point. Its a lot of work, but adding another option to the comparatively small array of kernel options that we have might actually be a good idea -and in doing so, it word demonstrate r4l's willingness to maintain the project long-term. There's no need for this pissy behaviour, and there's no need to take the drama to social media.
