On community influencing (was Re: [PATCH v8 2/2] rust: add dma coherent allocator abstraction.)

[Danilo Krummrich]

Ted,

On Sat, Feb 08, 2025 at 03:44:16PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> This was the trust of my "Beyond Upstream First" presentation which I
> gave to the Linux Foundation Member Summit last fall[1].
> 
> [1] https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11rMc8PBeyMItV6hv31OHSZ626_6FCZxjX6ZxEAehCpQ/edit#slide=id.p
> 
> Now, I'll say that the Rust developers are making strides in the right
> direction here.

Please let me add that a lot of those Rust kernel developers also have been
kernel developers before there has been Rust in the kernel and do still
contribute and even maintain C components, drivers and / or subsystems.

I think missing trust should not be a relevent factor in this matter.

> Miguel has stood for election for the Technical
> Adviory Board, and has been contributing in various ways beyond just
> Rust for Linux.

Thanks for pointing this out.

- Danilo