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Why does a single bad idea discredit an entire language being included? If someone suggested including a C dependency manager in the kernel, does that mean tha
by ratorx 5y ago
Why does a single bad idea discredit an entire language being included?
If someone suggested including a C dependency manager in the kernel, does that mean that the use of the entire C language in kernel should be discredited?
It is fair to say that the developer suggesting it (especially considering some of the proposed crates they want) has some massive misconceptions about the constraints of current Linux kernel development though.
- sanderjd 5y agoYeah, my stance on this is that it probably makes sense to pull some libraries into the tree that would be useful in kernel development and which have comprehensible dependency trees such that everything could be reviewed and audited. But then I saw the quoted list and thought "oh this doesn't seem like a very serious proposal".