Creating a Healthy Vibrant Kernel Subsystem Community

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Maintained drivers/platform/x86 since end of 2020 and grows contributor base by turning the mailing list into a friendly, professional triage channel using short sentences, numbered requests, footnotes and canned replies; applies tiny nitpick fixes (commits with attribution) to avoid endless revisions and swap roles per cycle with a co-maintainer to share review and merge work. Recognizes burnout early (March 2023), takes three weeks sick leave and delegates so bus factor falls from one and throughput recovers.

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1. 0:00Introduction and topics
2. 1:09Mailing list culture
3. 6:22Resolving miscommunication
4. 9:08Growing the community
5. 18:24Understanding maintainer burnout
6. 24:00Personal experience with burnout
7. 32:57Handing over the reins

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