Hi Luis, On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 5:15 PM Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 12:08:16PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 11:42 PM Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > The rationale here is that a rust binding means commitment then also > > > from fresh blood to help co-maintain review C / Rust for exising code > > > when there is will / desire to collaborate from an existing C maintainer. > > > > > > I realize this may be a lot to ask, but I think this is one of the > > > responsible ways to ask to scale here. > > > > But, yes, I think Rust is a great opportunity to get new > > co-maintainers, as well as getting new developers involved with kernel > > maintenance in general, which could help with other issues too. > > Great well then my preference is to not have Rust bindings for modules > unless the Rust community can commit to not only a co-maintianer for > both C And Rust but also commit to not ditching the role; if a C/Rust > co-maintainer gets hits by a bus the Rust community would strive to > look for someone else to step in. This would proactively help with > upstream responsibilities understood by companies who hire developers > in this context. It is why I brought up Andreas's work, I already know > he has a lot of work to do and responsibilities. If not Andreas, who else > can step up to help with this, Sami? I agree, having a co-maintainer from the Rust community sounds like a good idea. It would be great if someone actually working on the bindings could step up, but if there are no other volunteers, I can certainly help with this. Sami
