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Rust For Linux Kernel Co-Maintainer Formally Steps Down (www.phoronix.com)

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Alex Gaynor recently announced he is formally stepping down as one of the maintainers of the Rust for Linux kernel code with the removal patch now queued for merging in Linux 6.19.

Alex Gaynor was one of the original developers to experiment with Rust code for Linux kernel modules. He's drifted away from Rust Linux kernel development for a while due to lack of time and is now formally stepping down as a listed co-maintainer of the Rust code. After Wedson Almeida Filho stepped down last year as a Rust co-maintainer, this now leaves Rust For Linux project leader Miguel Ojeda as the sole official maintainer of the code while there are several Rust code reviewers.

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[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

What if the ABI/API compatibility stays the same? I don't really follow Linux development that closely but has that been an issue with the current progress made with Rust in Linux?

I don't write Rust but I don't really see the problem as long as things are tested properly and development moves slow enough as to not break things

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 0 points 3 hours ago

If it stays compatible, and the same licensing model sure, I can deal with it. But it wont (as demonstrated uutils breaking ubuntu updates because of timestamp shenanigans) and certainly won't as already demonstrated with any rust rewrite (moving the License from GPL to MIT.)