The main thing that summary is missing is that the one who resigned was one of the most popular contributors and a member of the core team, and that it was some unidentified member of the core team who pulled the strings to revoke the invitation without a vote.
Most recent drama is thePhD was invited to give a keynote speech and then it was demoted to regular talk at the last minute. Both the invite and the demotion were by "rust leadership".
> Both the invite and the demotion were by "rust leadership".
That is bit overly reductive imho. As far as I can tell there wasn't really a singular leadership group making decisions collectively, which was the crux of the issue.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36101501
The main thing that summary is missing is that the one who resigned was one of the most popular contributors and a member of the core team, and that it was some unidentified member of the core team who pulled the strings to revoke the invitation without a vote.