On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 04:44:34PM -0700, Simon Glass wrote: > Hi Tom, > > [snip] > > I'm very happy with your leadership. The project is extremely lucky to > have you doing what you do and we all know it. > > In my own way I will be able to contribute to the project more > effectively than I have done for the last year or two. So let's focus > on working together within the constraints that we each have. I'm > pretty sure that in a year you will be happy with the result.
I am extremely concerned that in a year you'll have a tree both has some useful functionality added to it, and that it's built on top of so many rejected patches as to be little more than a reference point for bringing it to mainline. It will be even more complicated if anyone else is *using* your tree. And the challenges you have explaining what you want and why you want it will further compound the problems. > No, I have not been paid for U-Boot work for more than 10 years and I > doubt that will change anytime soon. A little empathy on your part > could go a long way. I am trying, and I will continue to try to. But I also have to try and be mindful of everyone else volunteering on this project too. This is why I truly believe the most helpful thing you could do for the health of the U-Boot project is take a step back from coding for a bit and work on communicating. Every big problem that you come back to has a number of people saying you don't understand what they say and you not understanding what they say. I do not think a starting assumption on your part of "I'm right, everyone will ..." is going to lead us to a good place in a year. -- Tom
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