Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > (The case with the CMake project files is similar. In the end, the > people interested in utilizing them took on the responsibility of > maintaining them.) That is a good analogy. We would all be slowed down if you have to adjust CMake stuff (or autoconf stuff for that matter) when the build procedure changes you made only to Makefile (because you only have a ready access and expertise on the "make" proper), but in practice, niche things that nobody cares about (and remember, if no stakeholder is there to volunteer, you cannot force others to care about your niche) will bitrot enough to cause somebody to care and get fixed. Another possibility is that it proves that nobody cares, and we just drop that part. Either outcome is fine in the end. I think the Rust thing will proceed the same way. At least, I am sensing that this time there are already motivated to lend help from outside the group of folks that are proposing this change.
