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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/[email protected]

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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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[–] neanderthal 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What kind of non-coding work do you need done?

[–] AProfessional 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Based on the post:

Bug report triage
Backports
Involvment in mailinglist discussions

It doesn’t sound like they want non-technical contributions but they don’t need more patches necessarily. Just my interpretation, probably contact the mailinglist if filesystems truly interest someone.

[–] MajorHavoc 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Great summary!

I think the mailing lists need to come to Lemmy for discussion if they're not getting the involvement they need.

As an older developer, when I want younger perspectives, I figure out where they spend their time, and go there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

the email lists:

However, every one of these reports has to be triaged, analyzed, and dealt with.

I don't think non-coding work means non-technical work - you'll likely still need to dig deep into the technical details to actually be able to help

There is also a link to docs: add maintainer entry profile for XFS