Comment by petesergeant

> The impression I get from simply reading these various discussions, is that some folks are not convinced that the pain from accepting Rust is worth the gain.

You're correct that there is a honest-to-god split of opinion by smart people who can't find a consensus opinion. So it's time for Linus to step up and mandate and say "discussion done, we are doing x". No serious organization of humans can survive without a way to break a deadlock, and it seems long past the time this discussion should have wrapped up with Linus making a decree (or whatever alternative voting mechanism they want to use).