I get the feeling that, no matter how slow Linus goes, this is going to lead to a split. If Linus eventually pushes through Rust, the old guard will fork to a C-only version, and that won't be good.
Seems highly unlikely. Note that Hellwig is the only major remaining independent Linux kernel developer. All the rest have salaries paid by the Linux Foundation, Red Hat, Google, et cetera. They are highly unlikely to take an action that threatens their salary.
And Hellwig works as a contractor, he's not a volunteer in the same way that Con Kolivas was. Hellwig isn't truly independent either.
bryanlarsen|1 year ago
And Hellwig works as a contractor, he's not a volunteer in the same way that Con Kolivas was. Hellwig isn't truly independent either.