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Linux file system developer: we're severely under-resourced (lore.kernel.org)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/programming
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I've said this previously, and I'll say it again: we're severely under-resourced. Not just XFS, the whole fsdevel community. As a developer and later a maintainer, I've learnt the hard way that there is a very large amount of non-coding work is necessary to build a good filesystem. There's enough not-really-coding work for several people. Instead, we lean hard on maintainers to do all that work. That might've worked acceptably for the first 20 years, but it doesn't now.

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Dave and I are both burned out. I'm not sure Dave ever got past the 2017 burnout that lead to his resignation. Remarkably, he's still around. Is this (extended burnout) where I want to be in 2024? 2030? Hell no.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How can we help spread the load? Can we have volunteer sign ups and shift work?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess the best start would be to have a person to organize volunteers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that might help, asking for volunteers. Segregating them based on their abilities (LinkedIn profile for instance). There are a lot of people who have a couple of hours a week they can spend for such a cause. Please check with your colleagues and see if asking for volunteers is possible.

Donating money is also an option, but in this economy, it's not sustainable to donate significant sums on a recurring basis for most.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm one of those people. How do we organize this?