Maybe it's worth contacting the Apache Foundation for help? Could they offer some advice on how to handle problems we have here? Like how to handle situations where contributions exceed the community's capacity to process them?
I think there are many open source projects bigger than NuttX, that deal with such problems with systemic approach. We're not the first project to have such problems. I'm sure the Apache Foundation is full of great people with experience in managing big projects, maybe it's worth asking for advice? Of course, I disagree with Sebastian. For me, Xiaomi leaving the project would be a sign of the death of NuttX. To be clear: Xiaomi pays me so I'm biased, but still about 90% of my contributions to this project were made in my free time, for free. It's sad to say but [my opinion now] without Xiaomi, this project would have been dead long ago and I personally would lose any interest in NuttX. śr., 4 lut 2026 o 11:09 chao an <[email protected]> napisał(a): > @Sebastien Lorquet <[email protected]> > > I’ve had just about enough of your toxic, hypocritical nonsense. Let’s cut > through your garbage and talk facts: > > 1. 1. Xiaomi’s contributions to NuttX are undeniable. > Their work has driven real progress, fixed critical issues, and expanded > the project’s capabilities. If you’re so unhappy with the community, no > one > is forcing you to stay—feel free to leave and stop poisoning the space > with > your negativity. > And for the record: I work at ByteDance (TikTok), so I have zero > affiliation with Xiaomi. This isn’t a defense of a company—it’s a > defense > of basic fairness and respect for people who actually contribute to this > project. > 2. *2. Let’s talk about your track record.* > - 90% of your commits are trivial, history-driven busywork. Your > so-called “contributions” are negligible at best. > - When was the last time you reviewed a core code change, or > contributed to the CI/CD pipeline that keeps this project running? > You’ve > done nothing to move NuttX forward, yet you love to sit on the > sidelines > and trash people who *actually* do the work. > - You have zero credibility to judge anyone else’s contributions. > > 3. 3. Shut your mouth already. > Every time I see your bitter, passive-aggressive posts, I feel sick. > You’re nothing but a keyboard warrior, a technical fraud who loves to > run > his mouth while contributing nothing of value. Your constant negativity > isn’t constructive—it’s just sad. > > > If you can’t contribute positively or keep your toxic opinions to yourself, > do us all a favor and disappear from this community. We don’t need your > kind here. > > > Sebastien Lorquet <[email protected]> 于2026年2月4日周三 17:33写道： > > > Hello again, > > > > I have warned about this problem for YEARS AND YEARS and it happened > > EXACTLY as I had seen. > > > > It is a good thing to be honest, that will reduce the amount of work > > from nuttx maintainers. > > > > If openvela (as I understand) has good features added by xiaomi, it is > > the task of nuttx to upstream them as they wish, in a calm and positive > > way, by taking enough time to think about the design and structure, > > without all the stress and speed of a commercial corporate project. > > > > NuttX is not a commercial project. it has no targets to reach and no > > investors to please. > > > > It is a much nicer way to work and I think it is better like that. > > > > It is a good thing to have less xiaomi contributions forced in nuttx. > > > > I think we can thank them for their past contributions that made nuttx > > grow, but it is also a good thing to realize when it must stop (eg, > > before NuttX becomes XiaomiX). > > > > Sebastien > > > > > > On 2/4/26 10:11, raiden00pl wrote: > > > I think the root cause is completely different. The real problem here > is > > > Xiaomi's > > > attempt to add changes from its entire annual development cycle. Year > of > > > changes > > > from a large development team to an open source community with fewer > than > > > 10 active > > > members. The community is flooded with changes it can't process, and > > Xiaomi > > > is > > > blocked because they can't add further changes based on unmerged > changes. > > > The tension is rising, and we have what we have: a disaster. This > > approach > > > is > > > an obvious recipe for failure. > > > > > > This approach hasn't worked recently, and it's not working now. The > > Xiaomi > > > team > > > is growing much faster than the NuttX community. The number of changes > > from > > > Xiaomi > > > is growing, and it has now reached absurd proportions. > > > If these changes were added gradually, without waiting for the end of > the > > > year, > > > the problem would be much smaller. > > >
