Re: "Why I am retiring from contributing to FreeBSD"

-> I don't have all the facts and opinions from both sides on the topic of
plausible misconduct of core@ >but i would like to comment on another
related topic to this discussion which is what is hurting the >project in
my opinion

>in my opinion the project is affected by paralysis due to lack of
contributors for a lack of better words, >often times i see many useful
patches sitting in review waiting to be approved or critical bugs in
>several important ports not being patched or some new ports just sitting
for years

>and the sad part is i have no idea how to properly help with this even
though i want to

>some might think that i can help with reviewing patches or patching those
bugs sitting there or those >ports waiting to be approved but the reality
is i don't have the skills for that and even if i did i >wouldn't be making
much of a big impact by myself alone

>and the sadder part is instead of seeing new contributors joining from
time to time, i see many >veteran contributors leaving from time to time
and i have no clear idea as to why


I agree and I want to ask if the AI can help the relatively small numbers
of developers to improve their work of patching new bugs. I don't mean that
AI should do all the work,but I suspect that if it is used to automatize
the procedures,keeping intact the brain of the developers to express their
creativity,could this be acceptable as a measure to mitigate the lack of
contributors,if it is intended as a temporary measure,I mean...not
definitive...

On Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at 6:50 PM <Wismos@proton.me> wrote:

> i don't have all the facts and opinions from both sides on the topic of
> plausible misconduct of core@ but i would like to comment on another
> related topic to this discussion which is what is hurting the project in my
> opinion
>
> in my opinion the project is affected by paralysis due to lack of
> contributors for a lack of better words, often times i see many useful
> patches sitting in review waiting to be approved or critical bugs in
> several important ports not being patched or some new ports just sitting
> for years
>
> and the sad part is i have no idea how to properly help with this even
> though i want to
>
> some might think that i can help with reviewing patches or patching those
> bugs sitting there or those ports waiting to be approved but the reality is
> i don't have the skills for that and even if i did i wouldn't be making
> much of a big impact by myself alone
>
> and the sadder part is instead of seeing new contributors joining from
> time to time, i see many veteran contributors leaving from time to time and
> i have no clear idea as to why
>


-- 
Mario.