Exactly, this throws a giant spanner in the works and casts a shadow over whatever comes next. If they wanted to damage Rust in the eyes of the general public they couldn't have done a much more effective job. The lack of maturity on display must be particularly galling to those that give up a substantial chunk of their time to move Rust forward. Dirty laundry is best kept in-house, lest you damage the house.
> Exactly, this throws a giant spanner in the works and casts a shadow over whatever comes next.
Sometimes, throwing a spanner in the works is the good way forward. That's core to stop-the-line manufacturing, for instance. Without more information, it's hard to assess whether that team exhausted other escalation means, so I would wait for more details before judging their decision.
