Farewell!

Farewell!

[Darrick J. Wong]

Hi everyone,

After 14 years at Oracle and 23 years working on Linux, I've decided to
take an extended break.  Today, October 16th, 2026, is my last day.

I don't have any immediate plans to drop the djwong@kernel.org
forwarding, though ultimately that's up to the sysadmins to decide.

I have very much enjoyed working with you all, and I'm proud of what
we've accomplished together.  Good luck!

--Darrick

Re: Farewell!

[Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 09:00:37AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> After 14 years at Oracle and 23 years working on Linux, I've decided to
> take an extended break.  Today, October 16th, 2026, is my last day.

Oh man.

I totally understand you needing a break, and I hope you have a restful time
away from the noise and fury of the mailing list :)

Though we didn’t do much together on-list, I always enjoyed your
contributions, and really enjoyed working with you while we were both at
Oracle.

I'm sad to see you go, but I want what’s best for you.

>
> I don't have any immediate plans to drop the djwong@kernel.org
> forwarding, though ultimately that's up to the sysadmins to decide.

I hope it'll be kept for you to come back to if you feel like it :)

>
> I have very much enjoyed working with you all, and I'm proud of what
> we've accomplished together.  Good luck!

You also, thank you so much for all your contributions and best of luck with
whatever comes next!

>
> --Darrick
>

--
Cheers, Lorenzo

Re: Farewell!

[Bernd Schubert]

Hi Darrick,

On 10/16/26 18:00, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> After 14 years at Oracle and 23 years working on Linux, I've decided to
> take an extended break.  Today, October 16th, 2026, is my last day.
> 
> I don't have any immediate plans to drop the djwong@kernel.org
> forwarding, though ultimately that's up to the sysadmins to decide.
> 
> I have very much enjoyed working with you all, and I'm proud of what
> we've accomplished together.  Good luck!


it was a pleasure to work with you and thanks a lot for all recent
libfuse reviews, all merged now and next libfuse release coming.

Also thanks a lot for all your xfs and other Linux work!

Good luck for your future endeavours and I hope we stay in contact!


Best,
Bernd

Re: Farewell!

[Brian Foster]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 09:00:37AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> After 14 years at Oracle and 23 years working on Linux, I've decided to
> take an extended break.  Today, October 16th, 2026, is my last day.
> 
> I don't have any immediate plans to drop the djwong@kernel.org
> forwarding, though ultimately that's up to the sysadmins to decide.
> 
> I have very much enjoyed working with you all, and I'm proud of what
> we've accomplished together.  Good luck!
> 
> --Darrick
> 

Cheers Darrick.. it was a pleasure working with you. I appreciate all
your work on XFS and all of the discussion over the years. Best of luck!

Brian

Re: Farewell!

[Jonathan Corbet]

"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org> writes:

> Hi everyone,
>
> After 14 years at Oracle and 23 years working on Linux, I've decided to
> take an extended break.  Today, October 16th, 2026, is my last day.

You'll be missed.  I hope the break is refreshing and restorative!

jon

Re: Farewell!

[Zorro Lang]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 09:00:37AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> After 14 years at Oracle and 23 years working on Linux, I've decided to
> take an extended break.  Today, October 16th, 2026, is my last day.
> 
> I don't have any immediate plans to drop the djwong@kernel.org
> forwarding, though ultimately that's up to the sysadmins to decide.
> 
> I have very much enjoyed working with you all, and I'm proud of what
> we've accomplished together.  Good luck!

Hi Darrick,

Really sorry to hear the news. I truly hope that after a well-deserved
extended break, we'll get to see you back around here again.

Of course, if you decide instead to embrace a quiet, pastoral life and leave
all this noise behind for good, I'll have nothing but pure envy, haha ;)

Best of luck with everything, friend!

Thanks,
Zorro

> 
> --Darrick
> 

Re: Farewell!

[Carlos Maiolino]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 09:00:37AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> After 14 years at Oracle and 23 years working on Linux, I've decided to
> take an extended break.  Today, October 16th, 2026, is my last day.
> 
> I don't have any immediate plans to drop the djwong@kernel.org
> forwarding, though ultimately that's up to the sysadmins to decide.
> 
> I have very much enjoyed working with you all, and I'm proud of what
> we've accomplished together.  Good luck!

Please make sure to always carry your towel and have a pack of salted
peanuts with you...

So long and thank you for all the fish my friend.

> 
> --Darrick
> 

Re: Farewell!

[Gao Xiang]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 09:00:37AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> After 14 years at Oracle and 23 years working on Linux, I've decided to
> take an extended break.  Today, October 16th, 2026, is my last day.
> 
> I don't have any immediate plans to drop the djwong@kernel.org
> forwarding, though ultimately that's up to the sysadmins to decide.
> 
> I have very much enjoyed working with you all, and I'm proud of what
> we've accomplished together.  Good luck!
> 
> --Darrick

Hi Darrick,

It is still a bit of a surprise for me to hear this news, although
things seem to be changing so quickly these days.

Thank you for all the chats online over the years. I've always enjoyed
them. I wish we'd had a chance to meet in person.

I hope you have a great and well-deserved break.

Best Regards,
Gao Xiang

Re: Farewell!

[Darrick J. Wong]

On Sat, Oct 17, 2026 at 03:47:13PM +0200, Gao Xiang wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 09:00:37AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > After 14 years at Oracle and 23 years working on Linux, I've decided to
> > take an extended break.  Today, October 16th, 2026, is my last day.
> > 
> > I don't have any immediate plans to drop the djwong@kernel.org
> > forwarding, though ultimately that's up to the sysadmins to decide.
> > 
> > I have very much enjoyed working with you all, and I'm proud of what
> > we've accomplished together.  Good luck!
> > 
> > --Darrick
> 
> Hi Darrick,
> 
> It is still a bit of a surprise for me to hear this news, although
> things seem to be changing so quickly these days.

I know, right? :)

> Thank you for all the chats online over the years. I've always enjoyed
> them. I wish we'd had a chance to meet in person.

Me too.  I hope some day things will calm down across the Pacific. :/

> I hope you have a great and well-deserved break.

Thank you!  And I wish you the best in your Linux (or other!) endeavors!

--D

> Best Regards,
> Gao Xiang

Re: Farewell!

[Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 09:00:37AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> After 14 years at Oracle and 23 years working on Linux, I've decided to
> take an extended break.  Today, October 16th, 2026, is my last day.
> 

Thank you for what you have done in the kernel.

I hope the break gives you the energy to come back stronger.

> I don't have any immediate plans to drop the djwong@kernel.org
> forwarding, though ultimately that's up to the sysadmins to decide.
> 
> I have very much enjoyed working with you all, and I'm proud of what
> we've accomplished together.  Good luck!

We will miss your practical decision mindset and of course, your witty
comments.

You will be missed, Darrick. All the best with whatever you do in the
future.

-- 
Pankaj

Re: Farewell!

[Andrey Albershteyn]

On 2026-10-16 09:00:37, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> After 14 years at Oracle and 23 years working on Linux, I've decided to
> take an extended break.  Today, October 16th, 2026, is my last day.
> 
> I don't have any immediate plans to drop the djwong@kernel.org
> forwarding, though ultimately that's up to the sysadmins to decide.
> 
> I have very much enjoyed working with you all, and I'm proud of what
> we've accomplished together.  Good luck!

Thanks you for all your reviews and help! Enjoy your well-deserved
break. I hope you have a great new journey ahead. It was great
working with you :)

-- 
- Andrey

Re: Farewell!

[Hans Holmberg]

Thanks for everything, Darrick!

It's been a pleasure. Hope to have you back one day!

Cheers,
Hans

On Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 6:07 PM Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> After 14 years at Oracle and 23 years working on Linux, I've decided to
> take an extended break.  Today, October 16th, 2026, is my last day.
>
> I don't have any immediate plans to drop the djwong@kernel.org
> forwarding, though ultimately that's up to the sysadmins to decide.
>
> I have very much enjoyed working with you all, and I'm proud of what
> we've accomplished together.  Good luck!
>
> --Darrick
>