Comment by hitekker
10 months ago
> subject upstream rust code to persistent bullying
I don’t remember seeing this bullying accusation in your original comment. Was it edited in?
Regardless, the “bullying” happened on both sides. Hector Martin started the social media brigading and quit when he couldn’t get his personal enemy suspended for CoC violations. Jonathan Corbet wrote a letter naming and shaming maintainers, in the guise of a report.
All in all, I agree with the GP. Most of the arguments against (even temporary) forking feel like excuses for a lack of will and a maybe even a lack of ability. The space is open for a fork.
I may have edited the phrasing within a minute or two of posting, couldn't say. I haven't edited the comment in the 14 hours since then, and the sentiment was in the original.
(I have edited this comment on the other hand, first to explicitly disagree with various statements in the above, then to delete those disagreements since I don't really want to get baited into an argument)