As a long time sponsor of Kent's on Patreon - $10 a month since 2018, $790 total - I've found this bcachefs debacle really depressing.
I'm not even a bcachefs user, but I use ZFS extensively and I _really_ wanted Linux to get a native, modern COW filesystem that was unencumbered by the crappy corporate baggage that ZFS has.
In the comments on HN around any bcachefs news (including this one) there are always a couple throwaway accounts bleating the same arguments - sounding like the victim - that Kent frequently uses.
To Kent, if you're reading this:
From a long time (and now former) sponsor: if these posts are actually from you, please stop.
Also, it's time for introspection and to think how you could have handled this situation better, to avoid having disappointed those who have sponsored you financially for years. Yes, there are some difficult and flawed people maintaining the kernel, not least of which Linus himself, but you knew that when you started.
I hope bcachefs will have a bright future, but the ball is very clearly in your court. This is your problem to fix.
(I'm Daniel Wilson, subscription started 9th August 2018, last payment 1st Feb 2025)
I'm not even a bcachefs user, but I use ZFS extensively and I _really_ wanted Linux to get a native, modern COW filesystem that was unencumbered by the crappy corporate baggage that ZFS has.
In the comments on HN around any bcachefs news (including this one) there are always a couple throwaway accounts bleating the same arguments - sounding like the victim - that Kent frequently uses.
To Kent, if you're reading this:
From a long time (and now former) sponsor: if these posts are actually from you, please stop.
Also, it's time for introspection and to think how you could have handled this situation better, to avoid having disappointed those who have sponsored you financially for years. Yes, there are some difficult and flawed people maintaining the kernel, not least of which Linus himself, but you knew that when you started.
I hope bcachefs will have a bright future, but the ball is very clearly in your court. This is your problem to fix.
(I'm Daniel Wilson, subscription started 9th August 2018, last payment 1st Feb 2025)