Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove myself

[Evelyn Harthbrooke]

On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM Hector Martin <marcan@xxxxxxxxx> 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