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Re:One of the Rust Linux Kernel Devs Steps Down – Cites Nont... by entropicdrifter on Friday August 30, 2024 @11:55AM (#41401890)
Yes, it's really false. They weren't saying that maintainers couldn't change the API nor that the maintainers who changed the API had to update the Rust part, just that they needed to tell the Rust maintainers what they did and what they intended so that they could correctly encode their underlying assumptions in code.

In other words, they simply requested adequate documentation and the response was "I'M NOT LEARNING RUST AND YOU CAN'T MAKE ME", effectively. That is nontechnical nonsense

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Re:One of the Rust Linux Kernel Devs Steps Down – Cites Nont... by an_guy on Sunday September 01, 2024 @02:41AM (#41414817)
> They weren't saying that maintainers couldn't change the API nor that the maintainers who changed the API had to update the Rust part

So maintainer would have to either wait for Rust team to update their API or learn Rust.

Seems like an unnecessary dependency.

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Re:One of the Rust Linux Kernel Devs Steps Down – Cites Nont... by sunshowers on Sunday September 01, 2024 @02:37PM (#41419171)
Yes, the burden on the C maintainers is low but not zero. In a shared project, other people matter too. If you don't like it you should just work on solo projects.
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Re:One of the Rust Linux Kernel Devs Steps Down – Cites Nont... by MiguelX413 on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @04:16PM (#41438771)
The religion known as C-ism is sabotaging Linux.
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