linus just acted like the adult in the room. im glad hes there for it.
its not even like the children have to stop playing with C now, just that they will have to share the damn playground a little bit.
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...After coming in mid-fight with "you are the problem", acting just like another bickering drama-queen & solving nothing, worsening the situation & prompting actual damage.
As unfortunate as this whole episode has been, it is great to have this clarity from Linus. It feels like quite a straight-forward guideline to apply to future situations. Hopefully it will really cut down on the noise and drama between the pro-Rust and anti-Rust camps in the kernel.
As long as Linus stays consistent with the stance he outlined here, things should go well.
A bit late tho. This should have been his first reaction, as underlined in the article, rather than coming after losing Marcan and Herbst.
As a Asahi user I am a bit partial to this: the kernel has tons of corporate-backed devs on a stable payroll - Asahi is 100% volunteers, and this shit reminds us of the frailty of it all.
And of the human being behind:
https://marcan.st/2025/02/resigning-as-asahi-linux-project-lead/
Small-time dictators, shorely.