#Rust for #Linux #maintainer steps down in #frustration with 'nontechnical #nonsense'

source: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/02/rust_for_linux_maintainer_steps_down/

The video depicts resistance to #Filho's request to get information to statically encode file system interface semantics in Rust bindings, as a way to reduce errors. Ts'o's objection is that C code will continue to evolve, and those changes may break the Rust bindings – and he doesn't want the responsibility of fixing them if that happens.

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Rust for Linux maintainer steps down in frustration with 'nontechnical nonsense'

Community seems to C Rust more as a burden than a benefit

^{Thomas Claburn (The Register)}