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I saw "actix-web" and I thought to myself...

"That odd, that project is dead now. Why release something dependent on it?"

But then I went to the actix-web git repo and low and behold it is not dead.

Then scratching my head, I re-read this post from my history:

https://words.steveklabnik.com/a-sad-day-for-rust

Clearly stating the actix-web project was dead and I recall going to the link in the article to: https://github.com/actix/actix-web that had a post from the maintainer stating that the project was dead.

Anyone know what is going on with this project?

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The owner relented, and passed control to a contributor.

It was on HN, but I found it easier to find the OP:

https://github.com/actix/actix-web/issues/1289

Edit: discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22099335

https://github.com/actix/actix-web/issues/1289

Yes, the creator of actix-web has appointed a new maintainer after realising it was unfair to just up and delete it. The issue is here: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/issues/1289

The project future is obviously in flux with this transition, but I am hoping myself & other contributors will be able to carve a path forward.

Thanks for the comment, I've now updated my blog post, so that when others run across this in the future, they'll see that it's living on.

I don't even use Rust and I reacted like the bitconnect guy, "Mmmm No no no".

I extensively use Rust, but honestly, I see that the entire "community" with the devoted Rust evangelists make the project look like a giant weekly soap opera gone off script.

Besides that, slapping more seemingly foreign and non-standard technologies together sounds like someone is cooking for a menu for carnage and chaos which requires lots and lots of tests to write.

Damn. Thank you. This comment had my dying in a restaurant earlier. I really enjoy writing rust and I was sad when Steve was sad. I had a similar thought, “why when actix is dead?” I’m glad actix is back.

I was coming to SHOW HN a rust tool I made when, boom, front-page: actix is dead.

Every journey has its obstacles.

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