| archive.ph/rESxe >Thinking of literally starting a Linux maintainer hall of shame. Not for public consumption, but to help new kernel contributors know what to expect.
>Every experienced kernel submitter has this in their head, maybe it should be finally written down. https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/CAHk-=wi=ZmP2=TmHsFSU... >If shaming on social media does not work, then tell me what does, because I'm out of ideas. Hector Martin went way beyond being a "prick". And Linus Torvalds told him to stop it. Have you considered that the problem may be the people that are making "hall of shame" lists of people and doing social media brigading? Worsening matters, Steve Klabnik (major Rust community figure, has run @rustlang, primary author of the Rust Programming Language Book, former Rust Core member, and moderator of r/rust), have been busy here and on reddit making excuses for Hector Martin. What kind of community is the Rust community? |
I haven’t been involved with the Rust Project for years, I speak only for myself.
I said that I feel for Hector, he’s clearly hurting, and that I hope he feels better. I’ve said I don’t want to pass judgement on if what he did is right or wrong, because I’m trying to stick to facts here. I’ve said that I don’t think what he did was particularly effective.
That’s not making excuses. Hector’s actions aren’t the main point of this story. It’s not even his patch!