Git (the version control tool) is experimenting with Rust (programming language). Some people are unhappy about this.
metux, author of most recent commit on this repo, is famous for his Xorg fork. TL/DR: Xorg maintainers focused on keeping things working and did not want new features. metux was Xorg contributor who was working on many new features, but also introduced many breaking regressions, which caused his contributions to be reverted. Eventually metux made Xorg fork called "Xlibre" where he can move as fast as he can, and break as many things as he wants to.
Here we have a repo which is a fork of git with a single commit by metux, titled "apply WD-40 .." which removes Rust parts (it's a joke on the fact because WD-40 is a sprayable oil that can be used to remove rust (iron oxide)).
Note this commit is symbolic: at present, Rust is optional in Git, so there is no need to remove it - just set a build-time option. So by starting this fork, metux (or whatever group he belongs to) effectively promises to maintain git without rust, presumably rewriting rust-based features into C. Or maybe metux is just trolling someone, and this repo will be forgotten next week. Time will tell.
Background:
Git (the version control tool) is experimenting with Rust (programming language). Some people are unhappy about this.
metux, author of most recent commit on this repo, is famous for his Xorg fork. TL/DR: Xorg maintainers focused on keeping things working and did not want new features. metux was Xorg contributor who was working on many new features, but also introduced many breaking regressions, which caused his contributions to be reverted. Eventually metux made Xorg fork called "Xlibre" where he can move as fast as he can, and break as many things as he wants to.
Here we have a repo which is a fork of git with a single commit by metux, titled "apply WD-40 .." which removes Rust parts (it's a joke on the fact because WD-40 is a sprayable oil that can be used to remove rust (iron oxide)).
Note this commit is symbolic: at present, Rust is optional in Git, so there is no need to remove it - just set a build-time option. So by starting this fork, metux (or whatever group he belongs to) effectively promises to maintain git without rust, presumably rewriting rust-based features into C. Or maybe metux is just trolling someone, and this repo will be forgotten next week. Time will tell.
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