Depending on how many would leave the original product, the pace of
development of both could be slowed down by a factor of 2 or even more.
That's technically correct (which, after all, is the best kind of
correct, https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/909991-futurama ).
But while the pace of development *could* be slowed down by a lot, it
could also be almost entirely unchanged – and, ime, the modal fork gets
little traction and basically doesn't impact the original project
(obviously with large exceptions at the tail). And that's what I expect
with Rust/Crabby (was that the name of the fork? I just watched the video
and have already forgotten…)
I have more thoughts re: Rust's issues, but I'll save those for sometime
when I'm not about to board an airplane.
Jun 9, 2023 4:06:22 PM Vadim Belman <vr...@lflat.org>:
There is a fork, already. At least, this is what he says in the video.
There is a catch though, and it is mentioned in the video too. A few
catches, actually.
First, such conflict-based forks cause harm to project reputation.
Second, it confuses potential supporters and this could reduce project
funding.
Third, developers would get separated between projects. Depending on
how many would leave the original product, the pace of development of
both could be slowed down by a factor of 2 or even more.
Best regards,
Vadim Belman
On Jun 9, 2023, at 2:40 AM, İsmail Arılık <arilik.ism...@gmail.com>
wrote:
This is the open source world! So if there is a problem between the
management of Rust and the community, a fork would come and be popular
soon. Leaving Rust shouldn't be an option I think since it is really a
good language.
On Fri, Jun 9, 2023, 07:04 Darren Duncan <dar...@darrenduncan.net>
wrote:
And here Rust seemed to be massively gaining in popularity, and was
just
supported officially for Linux kernel driver support etc. -- Darren
Duncan
On 2023-06-08 11:17 a.m., Parrot Raiser wrote:
See https://youtu.be/QEnuzwCWpgQ <https://youtu.be/QEnuzwCWpgQ>
This is not meant to be an example of schadenfreude. Rust is an
interesting
language, whose ecological niche has little in common with Perl's or
Raku's. Its
principal rival is Go, which is definitely more corporate.
Alphabet already
controls far too much. (Yes, that sentiment may not be compatible
with a gmail
account.)
It is unfortunate when any worthwhile Open Source project suffers
from community
or personality conflicts. It's worth noting them, to help us avoid
similar
situations.
