Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead
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I usually see "thin blue line" (and the flag) used by reactionaries, racists, and white nationalists. Especially since BLM. Don't know what sort of politics Ts'o has, other than he's probably not an anarchist (ACAB!), but I guess (benefit of the doubt and all) he could be some ignorant lib with a head full of copaganda, so getting out the code of conduct for racists dogwhistles might be a bit premature.
It comes from The Thin Red Line, which is about some Scottish regiment standing up to a Russian cavalry charge. Even if you don't know that, it seems quite obviously a military metaphor, and that indicates a militaristic view of what policing should be like, veneration of the police as heroes, and total ignorance about what the police actually are and do.
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seems quite obviously
That's highly subjective. Remember this is a global resource with environments different from your own.
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, but part of me wishes linux rots and something better takes its place.
In short, you're for the "make a new kernel from scratch" plan. It's okay to just say that without being hateful on the competition.
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If this person was given a grant or funding via a kickstarter or something I would agree with the obligation idea, but donations are exactly that, a voluntary gift to the dev for the work they have done so far and may continue to do in the future. There are no "moral obligations" to continue the project.
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Isn't this the guy who got called out for trying to use social media brigading to force Linux kernel rust patches through? There's a good chance those stalkers are fictional.
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I fail to see how anyone could interpret what can only refer to holding the line as not a heroic act and a military metaphor. And that's how it's used, and that's what it means, and that's where it comes from.
And Ts'o clearly knows this as well, since it he appropriately uses it as a metaphor for keeping chaos at bay and out of the kernel.
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why they feel it’s Linus’ responsibility to make Rust happen in the kernel
who does? are you talking about marcan? because as far as i can see, what they're asking for is for linus to make a stance and actually say whether R4L is a thing they want or not. because linus' attitude so far has been "let's wait and see" which hasn't been all that helpful, as said in the blog post.
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I’m not placing blame on the Linux Foundation, Linus, or anyone else for that matter. However, I believe that if Linus has publicly endorsed the use of Rust in the kernel, that decision is already largely set in motion. On the other hand, if the community collectively opposes the integration of Rust with C and no action is taken to address these problems, and everyone say no, then there is little to no reason to make the initial statement.
Much of the work being produced by Rust developers seems to struggle, often because it's not made in C and because of maintainers saying "No I don't want any rust code near my C code".
I recognize that there are various technical factors influencing this decision, but ultimately it was the creator's choice to support it.
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Alright, fair. I was more refering to the content of the message, not the (botched) metaphore of maintainers as a force of order.
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https://archive.org/details/thethinbluelinecomplete
Starring Rowan Atkinson
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You're talking about the US police. A lot of the world have police forces that serve the people.
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A thin line between chaos and order. That line is blue if it's the police.
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If Rust is going to happen, then it'll happen.
How can it happen if individual maintainers say they'll do everything in their power to keep Rust out of the kernel? There's fundamentally no way forward. The R4L devs already gave every commitment they could, but some maintainers fundamentally don't want it.
And before anyone brings it up: no, the maintainers weren't asked to touch Rust code or not break Rust code or anything else.
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I'm not just talking about the US police. I've ever been to the US, and I assure you the police is shit here too. Ts'o is American, and that "thin blue line" saying seems especially American or Anglo. I've never heard that over here. So I'm not sure how that's even relevant to the discussion.
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It's also his legitimate choice to wait. He can't see the best way forward and is deciding to wait on his decission or let the community decide instead of him. As much as we like to think of him as autocrat in some way, he respects people that work on kernel and he respects their time. The smartest move is often to wait on a decision. And even if it's not a smartest move in this case, it can still be better than making a wrong decission that will demoralize the community even more.
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Then rust isn't going to happen in every area of the kernel yet
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where [it] comes from
You imply it comes from:
The "thin blue line" symbol has been used by the "Blue Lives Matter" movement, which emerged in 2014
But you link to a Wikipedia article that says:
New York police commissioner Richard Enright used the phrase in 1922. In the 1950s, Los Angeles Police Chief Bill Parker often used the term in speeches, and he also lent the phrase to the department-produced television show The Thin Blue Line. Parker used the term "thin blue line" to further reinforce the role of the LAPD. As Parker explained, the thin blue line, representing the LAPD, was the barrier between law and order and social and civil anarchy.
The Oxford English Dictionary records its use in 1962 by The Sunday Times referring to police presence at an anti-nuclear demonstration. The phrase is also documented in a 1965 pamphlet by the Massachusetts government, referring to its state police force, and in even earlier police reports of the NYPD. By the early 1970s, the term had spread to police departments across the United States. Author and police officer Joseph Wambaugh helped to further popularize the phrase with his police novels throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
The term was used for the title of Errol Morris's 1988 documentary film The Thin Blue Line about the murder of the Dallas Police officer Robert W. Wood.
I have no idea about this guy's politics, but it's a pretty well known phrase with a lot of different contexts.
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There are already several Rust Kennel From Scratch projects that are reasonably progressed. Redox is one, Asterinas is another.
The latter is I think aiming for Linux ABI compatibility.
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I think it's important to see these types of efforts, while I'll never go out and buy a MacBook the effort isn't wasted since it gives current users more freedom and future people buying used laptops more options for Linux compatible hardware.
Without a project like this, that hardware will end up being e-waste a lot sooner than it should be, when Apple drops support. At least to me I see an ethical and moral imperative for projects like this, but I also understand people's grievances with Apple.
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we don't live in the 80s though. we live in contemporary times where things have different now meanings to what they did 40 years ago. hope that helps!
