Darrick Wong has announced the removal of his powers from the XFS file system that accompanies the Linux core. In his statement, Wong explains that he has taken on the overwhelming burden of being a developer, reviewer, tester, release manager, and contact person, which has led to burnout. Despite the work in the XFS subsystem being enough for 20 people, it is currently being handled by only half that amount.
The current organization of work requires XFS developers to spend most of their time dealing with distribution-specific changes and analyzing automatically generated error reports. This process is described as a nightmare as it involves analyzing complex kernel code to determine if proposed new features will cause any issues.
After stepping down, Wong plans to continue reviewing patches and being involved in developing ZFS capabilities, specifically focusing on Online FSCK. Before leaving, Wong summarized his six years of experience as an accompanying person and provided recommendations for optimizing work. One suggestion is to delegate tasks such as release preparation, error analysis, testing, community interaction, and supporting LTS VETOK changes to individuals. As his replacement, Wong recommends appointing Kandan Badu (Chandan Babu) from Oracle.