Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] rust: add `bitfield!` macro

John Hubbard
2026-04-17T04:15:19Z

On 4/16/26 8:57 PM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
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>> Yes, some conflicts, but probably not too bad, due to the much
>> newer base, right?
>
> Most of the time, hopefully. But that's still labor shifted from us (as
> I would address the conflicts before merging the patches) to the
> drm-rust maintainers.

This point would carry some real weight, were it not for the fact that
one of the drm-rust maintainers is the one who suggested this approach!

Please let's take "yes" for an answer here.

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> It's actually 4 weeks (from -rc6 to release, plus 2 weeks until -rc1).

I knew it felt longer than 20%. So yes, 40% of the year. This is a real
gap.

>
> I agree it would be nice to improve the situation - I'm just not sure
> that keeping drm-rust-next open is the optimal solution here.

Me neither, but I'm *very* convinced that it is a solid improvement over
what we have been doing. I really don't see the case against doing this.

thanks,
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John Hubbard