This is exactly why I blame Linus, this discussion (a civil one, hopefully ) but also nasty wars inside the kernel would not exist if he had the "straightforwar

This is exactly why I blame Linus, this discussion (a civil one, hopefully ) but also nasty wars inside the kernel would not exist if he had the "straightforwardness" as he likes to use as an excuse for many of his sins, to say NO to this. IMO your points are valid, but from a practical perspective they are out of place. Their place is not in the existing Linux kernel. > Third, I think you may discount how important the Rust energy/mindshare is. I'm very much aware of it and I'm also old enough to see how it plays out and how it ends. That feverous energy would be much better applied in a fork. With all the problems of current old Linux, with all the advantages of Rust and energy/mindshare of the community, a fork is a no-brainer. Think of all the energy not wasted in this civil war and all the not screaming happening while everyone is busy out-coding each other try to prove the other side wrong. Linux is not the Holy Sanctity, it will end when a new better thing appears. Do that thing. Linus knows this and wanted to have the cake while eating it too. This is the result.