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Linux file system developer: we're severely under-resourced (lore.kernel.org)
submitted 1 year ago by liori@lemm.ee to c/programming@programming.dev
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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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[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 5 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of this xkcd post:

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This problem is pretty common across most parts of the Linux space. Everyone wants to volunteer coding work, which is great, but not what's desperately needed right now.

The Linux community needs more than programmers, or else it will consist only of programmers. We need UI/UX experts, or we'll never have the simplicity and ease of use of iOS. We need accessibility designers or we'll never match up to the accessibility of MacOS. We need graphic designers and artists or we'll never look as good as Windows 11. We need PR professionals and marketing experts or we'll never be as notable as the Windows XP startup sound.

We don't have enough volunteers that fit into these categories. The next best thing you can do is contribute your money so that your favourite project can hire the people they need.

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I understand what you say, and I partly agree, but neither do I want the forced simplicity of iOS on Linux, nor graphic design like windows 11. And I'm pretty sure I'm not alone. Please don't uphold these as some holy grails, they are not.

[–] Lucky@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

They didn't say anything about "forced simplicity". Not everything is a slippery slope

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a link to help? I want to help

[–] ABotelho@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

There are so many filesystems. So. Many.

Have any of them considered actually dropping some and pooling efforts into the more promising ones?

[–] Techmaster@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Step 1: Don't murder your wife