The burdens and joys of an obscure subsystem kernel maintainer

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The trials and tribulations of being the maintainer of an obscure subsystem, why he feels he‘s a two-bit maintainer and what we, as a community, can do about that.

Abstract

Being a maintainer of a small and obscure kernel subsystem is not necessarily an easy task. Many maintainers are in the same situation and they all face common issues. Martyn will discuss how he ended up as a maintainer of the VME subsystem, what the VME subsystem is, the trials and tribulations of being the maintainer of an obscure subsystem and why he feels he‘s a two-bit maintainer. He will discuss the help and support he receives, the things that have helped him, as well as what he‘s been doing to try and improve (and not be a two-bit maintainer anymore). He also wants to hear what other maintainers in the audience have to share and discuss solutions with the audience.

Tags

kernel, VME, Maintainer

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Speaker

  • Martyn Welch

    Collabora Ltd.

    Biography

    Martyn Welch is a Senior Software Engineer at Collabora Ltd, working on the Linux kernel and other core system projects. At a previous employer he became a co-maintainer for the Linux kernel VME subsystem, a role he continues to play.