https://lobste.rs/s/sgoshm/serde_is_no_longer_shipping_precompiled#c_5cye7q
> Case in point: dtolnay was also the one thus far unnamed by anyone speaking for the project person who was involved in ThePHD’s talk being downgraded from a keynote.
.... Excuse me?
whitequark would be pretty well known to an old Rust team member such as matklad, having been one themself, so no, not anonymous…
But yeah, no one has named dtolnay outside of this thread. Now that the name has been dropped, let’s hold off for something more substantial before we take our pitchforks.
Is there any proof of this? I think one of the replies on the original thread is wise:
The following comment is literally:
But yeah, no one has named dtolnay outside of this thread. Now that the name has been dropped, let’s hold off for something more substantial before we take our pitchforks.
Apparently others are privately confirming the story: https://pony.social/@thephd/111002711663875270
That makes sense… if you never heard of catgirl before.