On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 13:27:25 +0100 Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 08:37:53AM +0100, Karol Herbst wrote: > > I was pondering with myself for a while if I should just make it official > > that I'm not really involved in the kernel community anymore, neither as a > > reviewer, nor as a maintainer. > > > > Most of the time I simply excused myself with "if something urgent comes > > up, I can chime in and help out". Lyude and Danilo are doing a wonderful > > job and I've put all my trust into them. > > > > However, there is one thing I can't stand and it's hurting me the most. > > I'm convinced, no, my core believe is, that inclusivity and respect, > > working with others as equals, no power plays involved, is how we should > > work together within the Free and Open Source community. > > > > I can understand maintainers needing to learn, being concerned on > > technical points. Everybody deserves the time to understand and learn. It > > is my true belief that most people are capable of change eventually. I > > truly believe this community can change from within, however this doesn't > > mean it's going to be a smooth process. > > > > The moment I made up my mind about this was reading the following words > > written by a maintainer within the kernel community: > > > > "we are the thin blue line" > > > > This isn't okay. This isn't creating an inclusive environment. This isn't > > okay with the current political situation especially in the US. A > > maintainer speaking those words can't be kept. No matter how important > > or critical or relevant they are. They need to be removed until they > > learn. Learn what those words mean for a lot of marginalized people. Learn > > about what horrors it evokes in their minds. > > > > I can't in good faith remain to be part of a project and its community > > where those words are tolerated. Those words are not technical, they are > > a political statement. Even if unintentionally, such words carry power, > > they carry meanings one needs to be aware of. They do cause an immense > > amount of harm. > > > > I wish the best of luck for everybody to continue to try to work from > > within. You got my full support and I won't hold it against anybody trying > > to improve the community, it's a thankless job, it's a lot of work. People > > will continue to burn out. > > > > I got burned out enough by myself caring about the bits I maintained, but > > eventually I had to realize my limits. The obligation I felt was eating me > > from inside. It stopped being fun at some point and I reached a point > > where I simply couldn't continue the work I was so motivated doing as I've > > did in the early days. > > > > Please respect my wishes and put this statement as is into the tree. > > Leaving anything out destroys its entire meaning. > > > > Respectfully > > > > Karol > > > > Signed-off-by: Karol Herbst <kherbst@xxxxxxxxxx> > > @Steven, @Masami: Can I get an ACK for taking this through the drm-misc tree? > > (Not cutting any context, since you have not been copied on this one.) OK, Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> Thank you, > > - Danilo > > > --- > > MAINTAINERS | 2 -- > > 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > > index 25c86f47353de..ca31e57fa203c 100644 > > --- a/MAINTAINERS > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > > @@ -7431,7 +7431,6 @@ F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/novatek,nt36672a.yaml > > F: drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt36672a.c > > > > DRM DRIVER FOR NVIDIA GEFORCE/QUADRO GPUS > > -M: Karol Herbst <kherbst@xxxxxxxxxx> > > M: Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx> > > M: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx> > > L: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > @@ -24062,7 +24061,6 @@ F: tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ > > TRACING MMIO ACCESSES (MMIOTRACE) > > M: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > M: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> > > -R: Karol Herbst <karolherbst@xxxxxxxxx> > > R: Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen@xxxxxxxxx> > > L: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > L: nouveau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > > 2.48.1 > > -- Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
