linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove myself

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Message-ID: <ba6efae4-77d9-46aa-8f64-f8ffa119505f@icloud.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 07:51:22 -0700
From: Evelyn Harthbrooke <evieluvsrainbows@...oud.com>
To: marcan@...can.st
Cc: arnd@...db.de, asahi@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 olof@...om.net, soc@...ts.linux.dev, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove myself

On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st> wrote:
>
> I no longer have any faith left in the kernel development process or
> community management approach.
>
> Apple/ARM platform development will continue downstream. If I feel like
> sending some patches upstream in the future myself for whatever subtree
> I may, or I may not. Anyone who feels like fighting the upstreaming
> fight themselves is welcome to do so.
>

This is disappointing to see; Apple/ARM support was progressing incredibly well and it's sad to see you resign as one of the subsystems' core maintainers. But based on what happened in the Rust/DMA thread, it was only a matter of time.

There are admittedly quite a few issues with the way the kernel development process works as well as how the community is managed, and I hope that it will improve with time. Hopefully your efforts will indeed continue downstream, and people will put in the effort to upstream your work with you having resigned.

I also hope that you may decide to come back in the future, if things do indeed improve.

Evelyn