On Wed, 17 Jun 2026, Carsten Strotmann wrote:
> > _Someone_ has to handle the reports and patches. And since nobody is > > doing that the code is going to GitHub, where it can continue to "just > > be left" or whatever, without racking up CVEs for the Linux kernel and > > leading to maintainer burn out :/ > > > > That's a good point. The large influx of reports is a problem, and burn > out of maintainers is a too high cost. > Carsten, if, as a maintainer, you want to avoid burnout then 1) don't promise what you can't deliver (that is, decline sponsorship) 2) delegate (that is, leverage AI as an ally not as a lame excuse) So the question remains: what is it which _can_ be delivered by and for the "community" (by which I mean, that group of people which includes actual end users -- not merely paying customers and sponsored developers). This question has precious little to do with burnout, but it's the question we need to address.
