After 23 Years, Longtime Linux Developer To "Step Back For A While"
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Linux Kernel Development For 23 Years)
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- News link: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Darrick-Wong-Step-Back-23-Years
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Longtime Linux kernel engineer Darrick Wong who [1]stepped down as the XFS file-system maintainer in 2023 is now taking a step back from his other Linux kernel development roles after working on the kernel the past 23 years.
In [2]a commit merged today to the Linux Git tree for Linux 7.3, Darrick Wong removes himself as a code reviewer for the IOmap file-system code. He commented in the patch message:
"After 14 years at Oracle and 23 years working on Linux, I've decided to step back for a while."
That was the last of the areas he formally oversaw for Linux kernel development after stepping down from XFS maintainer.
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/XFS-Maintainer-Steps-Down
[2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=519abe8d9acba75678a2bc91a2f6c855b9d1c54e
In [2]a commit merged today to the Linux Git tree for Linux 7.3, Darrick Wong removes himself as a code reviewer for the IOmap file-system code. He commented in the patch message:
"After 14 years at Oracle and 23 years working on Linux, I've decided to step back for a while."
That was the last of the areas he formally oversaw for Linux kernel development after stepping down from XFS maintainer.
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/XFS-Maintainer-Steps-Down
[2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=519abe8d9acba75678a2bc91a2f6c855b9d1c54e