Martin Roth wrote:
Thanks Peter,
Is there a time limit that you think is appropriate to request maintenance for?
Ideally no mainboard directory has any copy-pasted code, and every contributor who adds a board has already been or follows up by eliminating some hack outside their immediate concern.
I think it makes sense to consider formally limiting responsibility only once we've come at least that far.
What level of maintenance would be expected? Would we just require bugfixes, or would adding new features to the chip be expected? Or even just reviews of code affecting their chip?
I don't think social expectations can be quantified perfectly. Any number will not fit all cases. So I advocate for companies simply finding their own balance within the community through soft behavior and "rules". I guess that will unfortunately seem impossibly radical to most stakeholders around coreboot. :\
//Peter