Comment by chikere232

This seems like black and white thinking. There's a huge spectrum between

> "suck it up, buttercup" or "I hear you; rust is gone".

where various levels of compromise happens.

Maintainers are people and people can change their mind over time. If rust was a huge success in large parts of the kernel and you still had a few holdouts, sure, you could tell them to adapt or go away. In this early stage, it's kinda up to rust people to show that both they and rust can work in this setting