The real scandal here is the pressure to remove a maintainer based on vague "code of conduct violation grounds" when the supposed "violation" is just expressing an technical preference on code he maintains. Shamelessly weaponizing a code of conduct like this should be a code of conduct violation in itself.<p>(I am a big proponent of language interop as an alternative to big rewrites. But opinions differ, and my opinion is worth nothing because I'm not a maintainer of the relevant code.)
> This is NOT because I hate Rust. While not my favourite language it's definitively one of the best new ones and I encourage people to use it for new projects where it fits. I do not want it anywhere near a huge C code base that I need to maintain.<p>Seems pretty clear cut to me.<p>Why do rust developers demand everything be re-written in their language? Especially one of the longest running, largest and most successful C projects of all time? It was never going to work out.<p>There are a few brand new operating systems being developed in rust, why not contribute to them instead?