But it does. He has to notify R4L of what his changes were and how it broke the Rust driver. Even if he didn’t, he will still be contacted for information regarding these things.

He does not have to notify them.

> he will still be contacted for information regarding these things.

Just like any other user, and he is free to ignore them just like any other person doing so.

How is that different from any C driver currently in existence? Notifying API consumers of what is changing and how and answering the occasional is absolute table stakes for any software developer and throwing a tantrum about that is incredibly juvenile.

How is that literally any different from C code?

There’s 2 kinds of scenarios here:

- Rust code involved: C code change breaks Rust. ~Send~ ~an~ ~email~ ~and~ move on.

- C code involved: inform other C devs, either work with them or wait for them to fix.

The way I see it, either way, the “Rust stuff adds unacceptable amounts of workload” doesn’t really check out.

Edit: turns out he doesn’t even need to inform the Rust devs.