Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] appletalk: move the protocol out of tree

On Wed, 17 Jun 2026, Carsten Strotmann wrote:

> > _Someone_ has to handle the reports and patches. And since nobody is 
> > doing that the code is going to GitHub, where it can continue to "just 
> > be left" or whatever, without racking up CVEs for the Linux kernel and 
> > leading to maintainer burn out :/
> > 
> 
> That's a good point. The large influx of reports is a problem, and burn 
> out of maintainers is a too high cost.
> 

Carsten, if, as a maintainer, you want to avoid burnout then

1) don't promise what you can't deliver (that is, decline sponsorship)

2) delegate (that is, leverage AI as an ally not as a lame excuse)

So the question remains: what is it which _can_ be delivered by and for 
the "community" (by which I mean, that group of people which includes 
actual end users -- not merely paying customers and sponsored developers).

This question has precious little to do with burnout, but it's the 
question we need to address.