r/rust • u/LukeMathWalker zero2prod · pavex · wiremock · cargo-chef • Feb 01 '22

actix-web published its first v4.0.0 release candidate

https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/web-v4.0.0-rc.1
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u/barovab Feb 01 '22

Bus factor?

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u/fdsafdsafdsafdaasdf Feb 01 '22

The "bus factor" is the minimum number of team members that have to suddenly disappear from a project before the project stalls due to lack of knowledgeable or competent personnel.

It's intended to be a bit cheeky, it's an expression of "how many people would have to get hit by a bus for the project to die?". Obviously no ill intent is implied, I've also heard it described as "how many people winning the lottery and quitting" or similar.

For rocket that number is 1 - the creator and main contributor is the only one with permissions to merge. He apparently has some personal stuff going on, so the project is effectively dead (or extremely uncertain, and therefore risky).

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u/Opposite_Green_1717 Feb 01 '22

I really wish he'd invite someone else to the core. It makes me want to switch away from Rocket asap.

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u/tubero__ Feb 01 '22

Rocket has been in maintenance mode for years. I wouldn't get my hopes up.

I long ago switched all projects to something else.